Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Yesterday's image brought a big surprise when I found actual chaotic detail in the (-Z)^(1.05)+C Julibrot.  Today's image brought an even bigger surprise when I found chaotic detail in the (-Z)^(1.0025)+C Julibrot, which is 20 times closer to unity, and this is exactly what I named it.

The rating of an 8! expresses my surprise at this unexpected turn of events, and I would not be surprised to find the biggest surprise as I continue to lower the exponent.

In addition to the unexpected detail, the image shows a surprising overall pattern of radiating arms and curving loops.  And yes, the background is filled with a large variety of detail.

The calculation price for all this surprise is an unwieldy 15-1/4 minutes.  But the web sites will eliminate this problem.

A sunny morning was followed by a cloudy afternoon here at Fractal Central.  The temperature settled around a comfortable 66F 19C for most of the day, keeping the fractal cats content until we brought a new chair into the living room.  When we set the chair in its place, Nicholas checked it, seemed satisfied, and walked away.  Cassie checked the chair and immediately laid claim to it.  She will probably make it her own catsonal chair, where Nico will be permitted only with her permission.

The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours.  Until then, take care, and if we took the money from the ridiculously wealthy one-percent and distributed it evenly among the remaining 99-percent, everyone would have about double what he now has.  The demand for goods and services would then double, which would cause the prices to double also, cancelling the extra wealth.  The only change would be a lack of ridiculously wealthy people.  My solution to the problem of the unequal distribution of wealth is to ****** the ******* so that ******* ** ******** **** ***** would be equal.  And then everyone would be satisfied.

Jim Muth
jimmuth@earthlink.net


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  b=pi*imag(p1*0.0055555555555556),
  g=pi*real(p2*0.0055555555555556),
  d=pi*imag(p2*0.0055555555555556),
  ca=cos(a), cb=cos(b), sb=sin(b), cg=cos(g),
  sg=sin(g), cd=cos(d), sd=sin(d),
  p=u*cg*cd-v*(ca*sb*sg*cd+ca*cb*sd),
  q=u*cg*sd+v*(ca*cb*cd-ca*sb*sg*sd),
  r=u*sg+v*ca*sb*cg, s=v*sin(a), esc=imag(p5)+9
  c=p+flip(q)+p3, z=r+flip(s)+p4:
  z=(-z)^(real(p5))+c
  |z|< esc }

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