Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:  

The artistic rating of today's image is a monumental 9, while the math rating is a very average 5.  The reason is that I spent several hours trying to turn a nothing minibrot into something.  I was only moderately successful, but to reward myself for all the work, I inflated the rating.  The image, with all its disorganized and hectic colors, is actually worth more like a 7.

The generating expression is Z^(1.2)+C as calculated PI levels up the hyperladder with no function applied.  The parent fractal is a Mandeloid every bit as shapeless as the minibrot at the center of today's image and surrounded by a field of disconnected bits and pieces of filaments.  Today's scene lies on one of the filament pieces to the west-northwest of the main body.

The name "Tulip Trouble" came about when the minibrot reminded me of a tulip.

The calculation time of just over 3 minutes is faster than expected for an image with a maxiter of one-million.  And this time can be cut to near 2 minutes by resetting the passes to 'G'.  Doing this loses only a few dots at the edge of the minibrot.  An even better choice is to do away with calculation altogether and check the image on one of the web sites.

Total sun prevailed all day here at Fractal Central today.  With little wind, the temperature of 37F +3C was quite comfortable for mid-January and the start of the coldest 30-day period of the year.  The fractal cats took turns enjoying the afternoon sun on their shelf in the southwest window.  The fractal humans passed the day taking down the last of the holiday decorations.

The next FOTD will be posted, which is all I'm saying about the actual time it will appear.  Until whenever, take care, and if high technology has given us such a great life style, why have there been around thirty school shootings in the past year?  Could something in our lives be missing?

Jim (the Atheist?) Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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  e=p1, a=imag(p2)+100
  p=real(p2)+PI
  q=2*PI*fn1(p/(2*PI))
  r=real(p2)+PI-q
  Z=C=Pixel:
    Z=log(Z)
    IF(imag(Z)>r)
      Z=Z+flip(2*PI)
    ENDIF
    Z=exp(e*(Z+flip(q)))+C
  |Z|<a }

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