Hey there, I've got (thanks to fractal rebel) a power function for triplex numbers which looks like this (sans the conversion to and from spherical coordinates...)

r = Math.Pow(a.R, b);
phi = a.Phi * b;
theta = a.Theta * b;

I'm re-working another old fractal function and it's got a complex ^ complex operation, which I've coded up two ways in spherical, both seem to work (i.e. generate images that look 'right') but which one is more "correct"?

r = Math.Pow(a.R, b.R);
phi = (a.Phi + b.Phi) * b.R;
theta = (a.Theta + b.Theta) * b.R;

- or -

r = Math.Pow(a.R, b.R);
phi = (a.Phi * b.R) + b.Phi;
theta = (a.Theta * b.R) + b.Theta;

- or -

Is it something else completely??

Thanks!

See http://www.fractalforums.com/theory/triplex-algebra/msg9537/#msg9537 for my little conjecture about triplex exponential...