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- WOLF
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- An exploration of the Wolf Mandelbrot Set and two different Wolf Julia Sets.
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- All originals here are in Amiga 768x480 HAM6 graphics mode with up to 256
- colors. The GIFs are faithful reproductions. I also rendered these as
- 24-bit images, but the 256-color HAM6 images look the best. These are
- Hi-Res HAM6 so only loadable as HAM6 (from the SETIFF group) on an AGA
- Amiga. Count values for original renderings were 1024 or 2048 and were
- not reduced for final presentations - something which is only applicable
- to FractalPro's 24-bit images.
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- Here I explored a fractal formula which I developed during the creation of
- FractalPro. It has transcendental functions in it which results in very
- long rendering times and the repeating, rather than 'closed' (like a
- polynommial formula Mandelbrot Set).
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- P00 - P07 zooming in on the Wolf Mandelbrot Set
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- P08 - P11 zooming in on a Wolf Julia Set
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- P12 - P15 zooming in on a different Wolf Julia Set
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- The Wolf Mandelbrot set is first shown at very low magnification (actually,
- for FractalPro, this is a demagnification by 4) to reveal the repeating
- pattern. Eventually I encountered the image in P05 which I named
- THE GREAT WAVE. Take a look at P05 carefully and compare it to the
- plate in Mandelbrot's book 'The Fractal Geometry of Nature' which shows
- a famous Japanese woodcut by the artist, Hokusai, entitled 'The Great Wave'.
- I was startled by the similarities and when I first saw P05 I went hunting
- through Mandelbrot's book immediately as I knew I'd seen something like
- it before - and, sure enough! Mandelbrot showed that woodcut as an example
- of 'fractal-like' foam and my P05 THE GREAT WAVE is remarkably reminiscent
- of that woodcut images from a long long time ago. My 'THE GREAT WAVE' has
- rich 'psychedelic' colors and a strange set of foamy wave crests. This
- one picture has been the most amazing one I've found - and I had to look
- in a fractal formula of my own creation.
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- My P05 picture, THE GREAT WAVE, is Copyright 1991 by Daniel Wolf, with
- ALL RIGHTS RESERVED worldwide. It may not be reproduced without permission.
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- Upon zooming further you can see the odd Christmas-tree-like structures at
- the ends of the 'arms' of my creation.
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- Total magnification from P00 to P07 is only 16384.
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- The Wolf Julia Sets shown in P08 - P11 and P12 - P15 are also first shown
- as demagnified to reveal their repeating nature and then explored by
- zooming to reveal their internal structures.
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- Daniel Wolf
- 6/8/94
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