; July 12, 1997: The Stem Gone Nertz 
;
; nertz
;
; Fractal visionaries:
;
; Today's fractal is a real quickie -- it draws in under 25 seconds -- but
; don't let its speed deceive you.  It's quite an unusual image.
;
; For quite some time now I've been involved with the four-dimensional
; julibrot figure, (or object, or whatever it is), and the more I explore,
; the more bizarre become the objects I find.  The midget pictured in
; today's fractal is one of the most bizarre.
;
; The julibrot figure is like a swiss cheese, with midgets sprinkled all
; through it.  Many of these midgets do not exist in the plane of the
; classic Mandelbrot set, and today's picture shows one of these obscure
; midgets that live in the remote outskirts of the julibrot.
;
; I have examined this midget from other angles, and so far have been
; unable to find a slice that resembles the expected Mandelbrot midget
; shape.  This may mean that it doesn't have such a slice, or simply that
; I have not yet located it.
;
; The attached image shows the midget sliced in the XW plane direction.
; In this direction, the midget resembles neither a Mandelbrot nor a Julia
; plane object.  My first impression was of an arrow or chevron.  So I
; named it "Arrow".  Bits and pieces of Mandelbrot and Julia debris lie
; scattered around the midget, mixed together in a most unexpected
; fashion.
;
; Almost all objects in these odd planes are stretched, sometimes by a
; factor of tens of thousands.  When exploring in these planes, one must
; become skilled at unstretching, (or stretching in the opposite
; direction).  Luckily, Fractint makes this simple.
;
; Today's image has been posted to a.b.p.f. and a.f.p. for the convenience
; of those who can't spare the 25 seconds it takes to draw it.  Tomorrow,
; I'll post a series of six fractals, all of another way-out midget, this
; one sliced in the six perpendicular directions.
;
; Before ending, I'd like to recommend Benno Schmid's Julibrot web site.
; It's still at an early stage of development, but already quite
; interesting.  The URL is
;
;     <http://www.shop.de/priv/hp/3133>
;
; Jim Muth
; jamth@mindspring.com
;
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