Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:  

Today's image lies in the northern branch of the Seahorse Valley of an oversized Mandelbrot set corrupted in its depths by Z^9 energies.  It lies at a depth where ninth-order elements predominate close to the minibrots, while quadratic elements prevail farther out, and the in-between areas are a confused but interesting mix of Z^2 and Z^9 elements, but with no discontinuities.

The image abounds with smaller order-9 minibrots, the most obvious of which lie at the upper left and lower right edges of the scene.  I checked these minibrots and found them much the same as the large one in today's image, though somewhat more chaotic.

The name of the image is paradoxical.  I named it "Image With No Name" because I could think of nothing better.  But this still identifies the image, so I guess it's up to the wise philosophers and logicians to decide if the image actually has a name.

The art and math both rate a 7, which is good enough but leaves plenty room for improvement.  The calculation time of 4 minutes is slow however, and could give impatience a chance to arise.  The web sites can eliminate this threat.

Two inches (5cm) of snow fell overnight here at Fractal Central, but ended before daybreak.  The rest of the day was cloudy with a temperature of 36F +2C.  The fractal cats noticed the fresh cat footprints in the new snow, then settled down for a day of tussling, eating and sleeping.  The fractal humans were happy to have made it through another day and week.

The next FOTD will be posted in either one or two days, depending on how much of an antiquing expedition happens tomorrow.  Until whenever, take care, and I wonder why the existence of global warming has become such a big political debate.  The earth certainly is getting warmer.  It has been for thousands of years, and there is nothing we can do to stop it by passing meaningless laws.

For some strange reason, I suspect that a potential transfer of money is involved.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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