May 27, 1997: Killer Mosquito | May 26 | May 28 | 1997 | FOTD Home |
Fractal
visionaries:
I'm following with interest the progress of the collaborative fractal
montage that we're trying to get going. But I'm not sure
exactly
what we'll have if and when the thing actually comes to fruition.
When I first read of the plan, I pictured an immense printed image of
the Mandelbrot set -- an image with a resolution of something like
250,000 x 250,000 pixels -- large enough and with enough detail to
cover a soccer field without losing
sharpness. Such an item, if we could overcome the obstacles,
would surely be newsworthy, and perhaps raise the public awareness of
the basically unexplored world of fractal geometry. The
higher
the public interest in fractals, the easier it will be for us to earn
some decent money.
And speaking of decency, today's fractal, named Eruption, is a pretty
decent one, and it's also a pretty good one. It's made
with one of my experimental Newton's formulas. When I first
saw it, it reminded me of an erupting volcano in Hawaii. It
no
longer seems very volcano-like, but the name has stuck. So,
for what it's worth, here is my erupting volcano. The draw
time
is 10 minutes or so.
Tomorrow, we'll go back to the good old Mandelbrot set, and look at an
old midget from a new angle.
Jim Muth
jamth@mindspring.com
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