Hot Zone

[Pauldelbrot]

A single period-2 attractor exists. This was a quick one thanks to the low iterations and ability to get away with a mere 9 samples per pixel.

Atpic did a poor job of encoding the 1024x768 version that it generated. The 2048x1536 version that I encoded with local tools shows much less banding, though still some; this gradient seems to be another one that gives common off-the-shelf jpeg encoders fits.

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Detailed statistics:

Name: Hot Zone
Date: February 9, 2009
Fractal: Matchmaker Julia set
Location: a = 1.2265625 + 0.296875i; b = 0.162791 - 0.174417i
Depth: Very Shallow
Min Iterations: 51
Max Iterations: 218
Layers: 1
Anti-aliasing: 3x3, threshold 0, depth 1
Preparation time: 10 minutes
Calculation time: 3 minutes (2GHz dual-core Athlon XP)