;     Date: Mon, 16 May 2016 19:44:54 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
;     From: Jim Muth <jimmuth@earthlink.net>
;  Subject: [Fractint] FOTX -- May 16, 2016
;       Id: <5051414.1463442295064.JavaMail.wam@elwamui-rustique.atl.sa.eart
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; 
; FOTD -- May 16, 2016 (Rating A-7,M-9)
; 
; Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:
; 
; Today's image is strange.  The strangeness does not appear on 
; the surface, which is a simple image of the large minibrot on 
; the main stem of the Mandelbrot set.  But do not yet give up 
; hope.  To see something strange indeed, check the obvious 
; minibrot at the top center edge of the frame, on the filament 
; extending from the northern bud of the large minibrot.
; 
; What is this we find?!  An order 7 minibrot with quadratic 
; surroundings!?
; 
; Assuming that you have already seen the mysterious 'brot, how is 
; it possible?  The minibrot is of order 7, nothing at all like 
; the quadratic minibrot from which its filament extends.  In 
; fact, everything deeper in the same parent fractal is of order 
; 7, while everything closer to the surface has a quadratic 
; nature.  The formula does it all.
; 
; As an extra surprise, raise the already huge imag(p1) parameter 
; a few orders of magnitude and watch the order 7 minibrot 
; gradually morph into a quadratic one.
; 
; Another bonus with this formula, which is several years old, is 
; that it is possible to generate minibrots of fractional orders 
; with none of the discontinuities that spoil scenes and minibrots 
; created the easy Z^(2.5)+C way.
; 
; The day here at Fractal Central began clear and frosty.  It was 
; reported that this morning's low of 34 was the coldest it has 
; ever been in Central Pennsylvania this late in May.  But once 
; the sun got to work later in the morning, the temperature 
; reached a rather pleasant 68F 20C.  And yes, we do have kittens 
; under the fractal back porch.  Their mother had them out 
; exploring the fractal yard this afternoon.
; 
; Well, I guess that's it for now.  I'm sorry to hear that I 
; should take it easy on the divisive philosophy for fear of 
; causing too much off-topic debate.  But as I see it, according 
; to the scientists who have spent their lives studying such 
; things, the sub-atomic world and fractals are actually the same 
; things -- the mental images created in people's minds by the 
; underlying numbers, and it's hard to accept a real objective 
; world or a real fractal world made of building blocks that are 
; no more solid than mathematical abstractions.  If I'm wrong 
; here, squelch the debate in the bud by showing where my 
; thinking has gone astray.
; 
; If I see things getting too contentious on the list, I might 
; start my own mailing list, where fractal philosophy will come 
; first.  I hope not, since I'm working on a few very interesting 
; new Fractint formulas.
; 
; The next FOTX will be posted in a couple days.  Until then, take 
; care, and why does merely discussing reality cause such intense 
; feelings?  Maybe it's not fractally correct.
; 
; 
; Jim Muth
; jimmuth@earthlink.net
; 
; 
; START PARAMETER FILE=======================================

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frm:FinDivBrot-2   { ; Jim Muth
z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2),
esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1):
z=(b)*(z*z*fn1(z^(a)+b))+c
|z| < esc }

; END PARAMETER FILE=========================================
; 
; 
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