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Pickover - A Strange Attractor developed by Clifford Pickover
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This is a 3 dimensional shape controlled by 4 variables. To get a feeling of
the shape you really need to try the 3d viewing options of !Fractal - use
the Rotate & Elevate icons to set your viewing position or better still use
the cursor keys whilst plotting. The plot is infinite and is made with
points rather than lines to avoid too much clutter.
The menu options are:
Random a/b/c/d: Click to set/unset random selection of the variable when a
plot is started. For each variable there is an associated maximum, which can
be changed from the data panel. New variables are not chosen when zooming.
Once you have found an interesting shape, turn off random variables, and use
the 3d options to explore the shape from different view points. The default
variables were obtained in this way.
Random colour: when set a random colour is chosen after every 100 plots.
Step Colour: the colour value is increased after every 100 plots.
If neither Random or Step colour is set, then the plot is made in white
using exclusive or'ing to trace the current position.
You can change the viewpoint whilst plotting by pressing the cursor keys,
and then pressing the space bar to restart. See the 3d section in the
!MainHelp file for more details.
Algorithm
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x=1; y=1; z=1;
do
xnew = sin(a*y) - z*cos(b*x)
ynew = z*sin(c*x) - cos(d*y)
znew = sin(x)
plot px,pz where px/pz are 3d transform of x/y/z
forever