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Ahhhh, the Mandelbrot Set, the beauty, the forms, the infinity...
Every place is unique, and every place has a smaller part just like it, with different orientation. Though parts look similar, they are all different. A picture of part of the set is to be taken, and hosted with a link. The aim of the
game it to find where the picture was taken. Due to it's fractal nature, this will be hard. But to the winner goes many croissants and the good feeling that you are smarter than everyone else.
A winning image must have the same orientation, and form. BE WARNED, the colors in the set change every time, due to them being random.
The point is to not find the EXACT spot, but one like it, recognizable as the same part. The Mandelbrot has several different parts which iterate and look exactly alike. The object is to find a part that matches the clue image.
The zoom in isnt too far, and is recognizable to extrapolation.
I found this applet [link] that we could use for this game, as it has zoom capability, and color.
People with high patience and mathematical people may find the target.
Mandelbrot Applet
http://javaboutique.internet.com/Mandel/
[DesertFox, Jan 04 2006]
The first target
http://img273.image.../4095/mysefg3nz.png
Its in the top right quadrant of the top left quadrant. [DesertFox, Jan 04 2006]
I think this is what I have been playing with over the last few years.
http://www.resultsa...ractal_programs.htm
[po, Jan 04 2006]
[link]
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I see Waldo! Oh, wait a moment... |
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the link explains the idea very well. |
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ahhh! this is nuts! i see fractals when i close my eyes. |
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is there a way to work it out? |
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MAJOR CLUE ON HOW TO FIND IT |
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Yeah. Study the clue image. Find an area that looks like it. It will have other areas just like it, if you zoom in. Except rotated. |
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Hunt around for a suitable image, then zoom in to find part with a correct rotation! |
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Hint, it looks like Italy, horizontaly mirrored. |
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How about a crazy jigsaw? |
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The problem here is that..... ohmygod just seen your links. You're actually proposing we try searching for a particular point in an infinite and largely self-similar fractal? I might play this for a few minutes due to my long-standing obsession with fractals, but my hopes aren't high. [+] |
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Also, because the set is infinite, surely any image taken from the set will be repeated an infinite number of times within the set? |
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i think i found it. is that even possible? do the colours have to match? |
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Well, post a link if you've found it. Colors dont matter. |
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PS, use the self similarity to get a good idea of where it is. |
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//The point is not to find the exact spot, just one with similar orientation and form.// |
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It gets pretty lores when you get close in. I do not think it is regenerating the fractal, just zooming in on a very large fixed image. |
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yes, you can go to the pixels. isn't that what it is supposed to be? maths not my strongpoint. |
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