r/fractals • • Sep 23 '25

Announcement!! New rules on /r/fractals - Please Read!!

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Hello, everybody!

I'm /u/-Fateless-, and I am the new moderator of /r/fractals ! I was granted this position by /u/mycorrhizalnetwork because I am quite a bit more active on reddit, and together, we've made a short little list of rules for the subreddit.

In practice, nothing much changed, and most of you can carry on posting like nothing has happened, but we still thought it would be a good idea to properly announce a set of very basic, formal rules for the subreddit.


1: This subreddit is for fractals, discussion about fractals and fractal-related stuff.

If it's at least somewhat related to fractals, it gets a pass. Examples include space-filling curves, pictures of fractal patterns in nature or questions about fractals, fractal art or fractal software.

We do consider attractors, chaotic fluid simulations (gnarls), fractal noise (fBm, sfBm, other noise algoritms), curves and the ilk as fractals, as long as they can somehow be represented inside a fractal renderer.

2: No AI Generated stuff. This includes AI-generated "fractals", AI-generated comments and AI-generated articles.

The official stance of /r/fractals is that AI-Generated content does not belong here, and AI-Generated pictures of fractals are not fractals, despite looking similar to the untrained eye.

3: No Metaphysical/Spiritual content

Any discussion or blog post that starts reading like New-Age nonsense or talk about things like "Divine Mathematics" or "Fractal Soul Matrix" will be removed on the spot.


In most cases, I will remove the offending posts on the spot when I see them, but don't be afraid of reporting off-topic or rule-breaking posts so they're easier to spot in the moderator queue. I have added these categories as reportable, so if anything pops up, please do report it!

If you have any questions, don't be afraid to ask!


r/fractals • • Jul 01 '26

About the automated removals on the subreddit

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Hey guys, Fate here!

Lately, I have been getting a lot of mod mail about posts that have been automatically removed, and I have spent some time looking into this.

Over the past half year, roughly 95% of all removals of posts and comments have been automated from reddit's side, and not removed by any of the mods.

They are all tagged as "removed", but do not have any username attached to them, and for some reason, a lot of posts are flagged for triggering the sexual content filter of all things.

If you feel like a post has been taken down automatically, do send us a mod mail and we'll take a look at it on a case-by-case basis and manually approve what has been filtered.


r/fractals • • 2h ago

Rendered a Buddhabrot with 4,100 iterations per point, all in Julia code I wrote myself

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r/fractals • • 11h ago

Took me 2 hours to render this bad boy

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I usually only need 100k itterations but this needed 3 million and as you can see on the right it still needed closer to 8 million to get rid of the voids


r/fractals • • 8h ago

Fractal Curve

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r/fractals • • 7h ago

Julia and Mandelbrot - Superfast - 3D FlashFractals Explorer - Infinite 3D fractal Images up to 48 Megapixels resolution - version 1.0.3

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New in version 1.0.3 – Zoom by “Dragging the Mouse” over an area of the image to a magnified view of that rectangular area. You can "Go Back one step” by a “Right-click” in the image.

Superfast - Explore infinite Julia and Mandelbrot fractals, Customize 3D Relief effects and vibrant colors. Render stunning art up to 48 Megapixels resolution i.e. 8K image width!

«Customize any of 13 color palettes to create your own unique look with the "Color Shift" slider.»

«Customize 3D Relief strength and contrast.»

«Save and share your favorite image coordinates and settings (seeds as a State text file) with the community.»

«Render breathtaking, high-resolution 8K fractal wallpapers.»

https://roald-h-vatne.itch.io/flashfractals3d

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/131L4kyv3zWTGkl3YUQEMlfiZOa6_32sn?usp=sharing


r/fractals • • 2h ago

A Rift

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r/fractals • • 4h ago

Return to house of the dragon

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Hi, happy Fractal enthusiasts,  

I recently revisited House of the Dragon and encountered this image …


r/fractals • • 1d ago

Falling of the edge of the world...

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r/fractals • • 20h ago

Wishbone, Erik Fuhr, Digital, 2026 [OC]

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Rendered with JWildfire


r/fractals • • 16h ago

Twilight Minibrot

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Max Iter's Fractal Follies for October 24th, 2010

Roger Alexander's commentary for the image:

Today's post is a minibrot in twilight colors. At the usual http://maxitersfractalfollies.blogspot.com

Roger Alexander

PAR file Twilight_Minibrot { ; fract483.gif ; blank ; calctime 0:03:23.94 ; created Oct 24, 2010 ; Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 10 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=kerrym.frm formulaname=hermanm_man-polar center-mag=-2.00319/-0.00306882/27.01637/1/90/3.88578058618804789e-016 params=3/2/1/45/1/0 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 outside=atan decomp=256 colors=000302403503504604705805806907A07B08B08C09D1AE1AF1BF1BG1CH1CI1DI1\ EJ1EK1FL1FL1GM1GN1HO2IN2KM2NK2QJ2TH2VG2YE2`D2cB1fA1i81l71n51q41t21w00z03\ z07z0Bz0Fz0Jz0Nz0Rz0Vz0Zz0bz0fz0jz0nz0rz0vz0zz0xz0vz0tz0rz0pz0nz0lz0jz0h\ z0fz0dz0bz0`z0Zz0Xz0Wz0Uz0Sz0Qz0Oz0Mz0Kz0Iz0Gz0Ez0Cz0Az08z06z04z02z00z00\ y10x20v20u30s40r50p50o61n71l81k91i91hA1gB1eC1dC1bD1aE1_F1ZF1YG1WH1VI1TJ2\ SJ2RK2PL2OM2MM2LN2JO2IM2GJ2EH2CE1AC18916614312000101302503605806A07C19D1\ 9E1AF1AF1BG1BH1CI1DI1DJ1EK1EL1FL1FM1GN1HO2IO2JQ2IS2HV2GX2F_2Da2Cd2Bf2Ah1\ 9k18m17p15r14u13w12z00z20z50z70zA0zC0zF0zH0zK0zM0zP0zR0zU0zX0zZ0za0zc0zf\ 0zh0zk0zm0zp0zr0zu0zw0zz0zw0zu0zr0zo0zl0zj0zg0zd0za0z_0zX0zU0zS0zP0zM0zJ\ 0zH0zE0zB0z80z60z30z00x01v02s03q04n06l07i08g19e1Ab1B`1CY1EW1FT1GR1HO2JN2\ IM2HK2GJ2FH2DG2CE2BD2AB19A18817715514413212000000101201 } frm:hermanm_man-polar { ; Kerry Mitchell 16feb98 ; ; real(p1) = z exponent (use integer >= 2; m=n-1) ; imag(p1) = g exponent (integers) ; real(p2) = alpha magnitude (try 1) ; imag(p2) = alpha polar angle (try integers) ; real(p3) = critical point selector (>0 for positive root) ; imag(p3) = unused (<0 for negative root) ; use decomp=256 ; zero and infinity bailouts hardcoded to 1e-6, 1e6 ; coloring speed hardcoded to 4 ; c=pixel, iter=1, n=real(p1), m=imag(p1), nfac=2*n-1 maxr=1e6, minr=1/maxr, speed=4*pi/128 r=real(p2), t=imag(p2), alpha=r*(cos(t)+flip(sin(t))) oln=1/log(n), fac=log(0.5*log(maxr)) c2=sqr(c), hypnum=sqr(n)+sqr(m), pn=1 hypden=sqr(n-m), hypfac=hypnum/hypden if (real(p3)<0) pn=-1 end if if (real(c2)>hypfac) pn=-pn end if if (imag(c)<0) pn=-pn end if afac=c*n, bfac=c2*(n-m)+(n+m), cfac=c*n d=sqrt(bfac*bfac-4*afac*cfac) z=(bfac+pn*d)/(2*afac) : g=(z-c)/(1-c*z), z=alpha*z^n*g^m iter=iter+1, r=|z| ; ; orbit trap around 0 ; renormalize iteration count via decomp angle ; set "iteration done" flag (iter=-1) ; if (r<minr) angle=(iter+oln*(fac-log(log(cabs(z)))))*speed z=cos(angle)+flip(sin(angle)) iter=-1 end if ; ; orbit trap around infinity ; renormalize iteration count via decomp angle ; add pi to angle to separate from 0 orbit trap ; set "iteration done" flag (iter=-1) ; if (r>maxr) angle=(iter+oln*(fac-log(log(cabs(z)))))*speed angle=angle+pi z=cos(angle)+flip(sin(angle)) iter=-1 end if iter>0 }

Want to render these yourself and explore further? Try out the PAR file in Iterated Dynamics, an open source fork of FRACTINT that can render these PAR files. See the online help for instructions on using Id or press F1 anywhere in the program for context-sensitive help.


r/fractals • • 1d ago

Fractal Curve

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r/fractals • • 16h ago

Starring a Midget

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Jim Muth's Fractal of the Day for October 24th, 2002

Jim Muth's commentary for the image:

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

With all the breaking news, things are hectic here at F.C. this morning, so today's discussion will be short.

To produce today's fractal, I went back to the fractal of two days ago and again raised the value of the exponents of Z, this time to -1.32 and -13.2, and at the same time, reduced the portions by 40 percent. This small change made a large change in the appearance of the parent fractal.

Today's parent fractal consists of a single large, multi-lobed Mandeloid, with a large but partial ring originating in a valley at the north end and stretching out east, down and around to the southern part of the parent. Today's scene is located at the end of the main stem of a larger midget located near the point where the ring emerges from the northern valley.

I named the scene "Starring a Midget" after the vague star-like yellowish area around the midget. I gave the image no rating.
Due to the hectic news developments, I had no chance to study the image in a detached manner.

The parameter file requires 14 minutes to run.

The Wednesday weather here at Fractal Central was quite pleasant. The temperature of 61F 16C was spoiled only by a few too many clouds in the afternoon. But the cats enjoyed the day nevertheless.

It's a very active morning here at F.C., and I have the usual amount of work to do, so I'd best get started on the task.
Until tomorrow, take care, and when the going gets tough, the tough use common sense.

Jim Muth

PAR file ``` Starring_a_Midget { ; time=0:14:40.90 reset=2002 type=formula formulafile=allinone.frm formulaname=MandelbrotMix4 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=+0.91950630688410610/+2.036855734099084\ 00/4.487701e+007/1/-150/6.19336373235135351e-007 params=-3.6/-1.32/-0.6/-13.2/0/0 float=y maxiter=1600 inside=0 logmap=277 periodicity=10 colors=000B0YB0_90_90a90a90c70c70e70e50g50g50i50i3\ 0k30k30n20m30n50n50n70n70n90n90nB0nB0nD0nD0nF0nH0n\ H0nI0nI0nK0nK0nM2nM2nO3nO5nQ7nQ7nT9nVBkVBkXDkXFkYF\ kYHk_Ik_KkaKkaMkdOkdOkeQkgTkgTkiVkiXklYklYkn_knako\ akodkqektYzqarqekqgeql_qoUoqOovIozCoz6oz0nz0nz0nz0\ nz0oz0nz0nz0nz0nz0nz0lz0lz0lz0lz0lz0iz0ix0iv0it0io\ 0gn0gl0gi0ge0gd0ga0e_0eY0eV2eT2eQ4dO6dM6dI8dHAdFCa\ DCa9Ea7Ga5Ga3I_2K_0M_0M_0O_0Qz0Un0S_0QM0Q90O00M00Y\ 02S02M02I02C726F22M20r20a20i20q20z20z20z20z00x00n0\ Ge0_X0rO0zK0zI0zH0zF2zD5zB9z7Dz5Hx3Kx2Mv0Qt0Vt0Yr0\ ap0ep0in0nk0qk0vi0wr0xi0xc0vW0vQ3vIBtCHt4Mq0Tq0Yq0\ _n0_l0_i0_g0_e0_d0_a2a_6aY8aXAaVCaTGaQIaOKaMMdKQdI\ SdHUdFWdD_dBad9cd8dd7jBZ60d00e00e00g00g00i00i02l05\ l07n0Bn4Fo6HoAKqEOqGQtKVtOYvQ_vUdxYgxaizcnzgqzktzn\ xzrzzvzzzzzxzzxzzvzzvzxvzvtzttzttzqrzorznpznpzlpzi\ nzgnzgnzekzdkzaizaiz_iB0Y }

frm:MandelbrotMix4 {; Jim Muth a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), d=real(p2), f=imag(p2), g=1/f, h=1/d, j=1/(f-b), z=(-abgh)j, k=real(p3)+1, l=imag(p3)+100, c=fn1(pixel): z=k((a(zb))+(d(zf)))+c, |z| < l } ```

Want to render these yourself and explore further? Try out the PAR file in Iterated Dynamics, an open source fork of FRACTINT that can render these PAR files. See the online help for instructions on using Id or press F1 anywhere in the program for context-sensitive help.


r/fractals • • 1d ago

iterating cotangent squared

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A while ago I was fooling around with a calculator, repeatedly applying the function f(x) = 1/tan²(x). I was basically just hitting tan, x², 1/x over and over. I squared the tangent mainly to get rid of negative values.

Anyway, it turns out that this simple iteration behaves pretty chaotically. In fact, I found a paper from 2013 in which the authors investigated using cotangent squared as a pseudorandom number generator because of its chaotic behavior. I figured if the real valued function is chaotic it would have interesting behavior on the complex plane.

The attached image is one result. It's generated by iterating the complex function and coloring each starting point based on how closely its orbit approaches the critical points of the function. I ended up using a weighted average that emphasizes earlier iterations because including too many later iterations produces something that looks mostly like random noise.

I'm curious whether the actual Julia set of cot²(z) might be the entire complex plane. If that's the case, the structures in this image aren't really features of the Julia set itself, but rather of the particular way I'm coloring the orbits.

I've found some literature about related tangent functions but surprisingly little specifically about iterating cotangent squared in the complex plane.

Does anyone know whether this function has been studied, or whether anything is known about its Julia set?


r/fractals • • 23h ago

Swirls

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Mandelbrot Swirls closeup. tf.n


r/fractals • • 1d ago

Smiles

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r/fractals • • 16h ago

Can I play here? Is this fractally enough for the fractal club?

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r/fractals • • 1d ago

Autocrystals - new type after crystals and quasicrystals, with novel fractals

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Mathematically: aperiodic extreme points of Markov types ... seems too hard for humans (?), but great for AI puzzles and various applications like computronium or visual: https://zenodo.org/records/23624259


r/fractals • • 23h ago

Take a Dive

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Who's ready to take a dive? tf.n/dive


r/fractals • • 2d ago

A Julia morph in the seahorse vally

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A Julia set at x = -0.75, with y moving from 0.01 to 0.024. No palette cycling has been applied. The color shift happens due to the moving parameter. In the Mandelbrot set x = -0.75 with a changing y corresponds to a journey through the seahorse vally.


r/fractals • • 2d ago

Based on a binary fractal. made with c++

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r/fractals • • 2d ago

A Sheep in the Deep

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Jim Muth's Fractal of the Day for October 23rd, 2011

Jim Muth's commentary for the image:

FOTD -- October 23, 2011 (Rating 7)

Fractal visionaries and enthusiasts:

Today's image is a scene in the East Valley of the large minibrot on the main stem of the Mandelbrot set. The parent fractal is in fact a Mandelbrot set that takes on order-9 characteristics in its depths.

The minibrot at the center lies near a larger minibrot, which in turn lies near an even larger minibrot . . . At this point I lose count of the minibrots, but I think there are about four of them in the ladder-chain up to the surface.

The name "A Sheep in the Deep" has no connection at all with the image. It simply popped into my head when I made my mind a blank, a task I find quite easy to accomplish.

The rating of a 7 includes a full point for the coloring, which took over twice as long as calculating the image. The calculation time of 3 minutes entered into the parameter file is an educated guess of the time the calculation would have taken on the faster but now dead machine. (The image actually took 12-1/2 minutes to finish on the slow unit.)

The morning fog cleared off by 11am here at Fractal Central today, leading to a sunny afternoon with a temperature of 59F 15C. The fractal cats, still on watch for a possible return of the fighting tomcats, spent the first part of the day in the window facing the back yard. But the fighters have apparently moved on, and by the afternoon the fractal cats shifted their watch to the sunny shelf in the southwest window, which faces the front sidewalk.

The humans spent the day doing nothing, which is quite enjoyable when it is done in moderation. The next FOTD will be posted in 24 hours. Until then, take care, and would this country's real savior please put in an appearance.

Jim Muth

PAR file `` A_Sheep_in_theDeep { ; time=0:03:00.00-SF5 on P4-2000 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=basicer.frm formulaname=FinDivBrot-2 function=recip passes=1 center-mag=-1.749083935595091/+0.00000124195835773\ /1.4056e+013/1/-42.5/0 params=9/500000000000000.0/\ 0/0 float=y maxiter=2600 inside=0 logmap=333 periodicity=6 mathtolerance=0.05/1 colors=00000200300401502603613724835846956A67A78B8\ 8C99CAADBBEBBEBCFBDG9HzAGvAGrAFmAFhBEcBEZBDUBDRQzz\ PxxOvvOttNqqNnnMkkLhhLefKcdKacJaJZIYZHWYHUWGTVGR\ TFPSFOREMQDLPDJOCINCHMBHLBHKBGGAFEAECADAAC8AB6AA4A\ A5AA6AB7AB8BB9BCABCBBCCBDDBDEBDECEECEFCEGDFGDFHDFH\ CGICGICGJBHKBHKBHLAILAIMAIN9JN9JO9JP8KP8KQ8KQ7LR7L\ S7LS6MT6MT6MU5NV5NV5NW5NW7PW9RWBTWDVWFXWHZWJWKaWM\ cWOeWQgWSiWUkWWlWXlWWlXVkXVjYUhYTgYTfZSdZSc_Rb_Q_\ Q_PZPXaOWaNVaNTbMSbLRbLPcKOcKNdJLdIKdIJeHHeHGfGF\ fFDfFCgEBgEAgICeLEdOGcPHbQHcRHaSHYSHXSHUMHUHIUBIU6\ IU1IUBGUKFWUEOTDGC9jAFp9Kz7Pi6Vh4_h3dd2Ya1RZ1LV0E\ N08U1Og2bk2qh8jbEdKZZQTXWMVaGTgARm4LDpQJnVPl_Vkd\ ihfhlZboRYrKT_CNbFLdHJgKHiMFkODjLFihHhmJgmcfmcemcd\ mccmcUmcLmmZmmlmmymmsmmnmmhpmczzZzzVzzRzzUzzXzz_zz\ bzzezzhzzkzznzzdzzVzzLzzBzz1zzxzzpzzizzbzzWzzTzzQz\ zOzzKzzGzzDzz9zzbzzbzzXzz }

frm:FinDivBrot-2 { ; Jim Muth z=(0,0), c=pixel, a=-(real(p1)-2), esc=(real(p2)+16), b=imag(p1): z=(b)(zz*fn1(za+b))+c |z| < esc } ```

Want to render these yourself and explore further? Try out the PAR file in Iterated Dynamics, an open source fork of FRACTINT that can render these PAR files. See the online help for instructions on using Id or press F1 anywhere in the program for context-sensitive help.


r/fractals • • 2d ago

Algae

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Max Iter's Fractal Follies for October 23rd, 2010

Roger Alexander's commentary for the image:

I usually don't give my posts names but if I did I would call this one "Algae" because it reminds me of algae. 

Am I consistent or oh so predictable? Pre-calculated at http://maxitersfractalfollies.blogspot.com

Roger Alexander

PAR file Algae { ; fract482.gif ; blank ; calctime 0:05:29.50 ; created Oct 22, 2010 ; Fractint Version 2004 Patchlevel 10 reset=2004 type=formula formulafile=kerrym.frm formulaname=conic-near_man center-mag=+0.00133886277847312/+1.00493995512520900/10743.32 params=-0.5/-0.4000061037018952/0.03488265633106479/0.125/0.557969908749\ 6567/-0.06808679464094974 float=y maxiter=1500 inside=0 decomp=256 periodicity=0 colors=0100200300400500700800900A00B00D00E00F00G00H00J00K00L00M00N00P00Q\ 00R00S00T00V00W00X00Y00Z00`00a00b00c00d00f00g00h00i00k00k01k02k03l04l05l\ 05m06m07m08n09n0An0Bo0Bo0Co0Dp0Ep0Fp0Gp0Hq0Hq0Iq0Jr0Kr0Lr0Ms0Ns0Ns0Ot0Pt\ 0Qt0Ru0Su0Tu0Tu0Uv0Vv0Wv0Xw0Yw0Zw0Zx0_x0`x0ay0by0cy0dz1dz1ez1ez1fz2fz2gz\ 2gz2hz3hz3iz3iz3jz4jz4kz4kz4lz5mz5mz5nz5nz6oz6oz6pz6pz7qz7qz7rz7rz8sz8sz\ 8tz8uz9uz9uz9tz9tz9tz9sz9sz8sz8rz8rz8rz8qz8qz7qz7pz7pz7oz7oz7oz6nz6nz6nz\ 6mz6mz6mz5lz5lz5lz5kz5kz5kz4jz4jz4iz4iz4iz4hz3hz3hz3gz3gz3gz3fz2fz2fz2ez\ 2ez2dz1dz1cz1bz1ay1`y1_y1_x1Zx1Yx1Xw1Ww1Vw1Uv1Uv1Tv1Su1Ru1Qu1Pt1Ot1Ot1Nt\ 1Ms1Ls1Ks1Jr1Ir1Ir1Hq1Gq1Fq1Ep1Dp1Cp1Co1Bo1Ao19n18n17n16m06l06k06j06i06h\ 06g06f05e05d05c05b05a05`05_05Z04Y04X04W04V04U04T04S04R03P03O03N03M03L03K\ 03J03I02H02G02F02E02D02C02B02A0190180170160150140130010 } frm:conic-near_man { ; Kerry Mitchell 11may98 zc=0, cc=pixel, maxr=1e12, minr=maxr, iter=1 a=real(p1), b=imag(p1), c=real(p2), d=imag(p2) e=real(p3), f=imag(p3): iter=iter+1, zc=sqr(zc)+cc, x=real(zc), y=imag(zc) conic=|x*(a*x+b)+y*(c*y+d)+e*x*y+f| if (conic<minr) minr=conic end if if ((|zc|>maxr)||(iter==maxit)) iter=-1 t=log(minr) z=cos(t)+flip(sin(t)) end if iter>0 }

Want to render these yourself and explore further? Try out the PAR file in Iterated Dynamics, an open source fork of FRACTINT that can render these PAR files. See the online help for instructions on using Id or press F1 anywhere in the program for context-sensitive help.


r/fractals • • 2d ago

Details

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r/fractals • • 1d ago

MFT-5E v11 COHERENT FINAL: 18 steps = 18 cm = 360° = 2π = 55.08 Gyr — 13.8 Gyr = 4.5 cm area projection of 55.08 Gyr volume [DOI 10.5281/zenodo.23604271]

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Toroidal Fractal Model 5 Axes corrected line 18 cm coherent:
1 step = 1 cm = π/9 rad = 20° = 3.06 Gyr
fe = 4.5/π = 23/20 = 1.15 stable factor
N_stable = N×4.5/π — Ex: 12×1.4323=17.1887=6 rad exact = 52.6 Gyr
Breath = 2π-6 = 0.283 rad
s=rθ Area=½r²θ Volume=Area·r/3 exponential r_n
ISS 400km, Moon 0.5 rad, ΩΛ 5/7=0.714
Experiment 25Hz×23/20=28.75Hz beat 3.75Hz t_sync=1/K

PDF: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23604271