Sequence Fractals Introduction #13

Sierpinski coloring

Sequence Fractals Introduction #14

$ z^2+c+s_i$, with convergent sequence.

The sequence is defined recursively by $ s_i = 0.9 * s_{i-1} - i$ My rusty mental math says this converges to −10i.

Sequence Fractals Introduction #15

$ (z/c)^2+s_i$, with four cycle sequence.

Sequence Fractals Introduction #16

$ (z/c)^2+s_i$, with two cycle sequence.

The repeating sequence is  i, -1, i, -1, ...

Sequence Fractals Introduction #17

Function sequence $ f_i(z)+c$, with ten cycle sequence

Now we have a sequence of functions rather than a sequence of numbers. This is an easy generalization. Many of the previous post could have been described as a function sequence with $ f_i(z) = z^2 + s_i$

In this case the sequence is a repeating ten-cycle of affine transformations ($ z \leftarrow a * z + b$). The ten functions are pulled randomly, with replacement, from a set of three.

Since everything is linear here, no squares, no trig functions, the straight lines are expected.

Sequence Fractals Introduction #18

Function sequence $ f_i(z)+c$

Similar setup as yesterday, but with a non-repeating infinite random sequence of affine transformations.

Sequence Fractals Introduction #19

Function sequence $ f_i(z)$ (without +c)

Six cycle of functions chosen at random from four different functions. Two affine transformations, z = z2, and z = z + c.

I think there may be a lot of potential with this scheme. However in a very quick investigation, I found that infinite random sequence and long (10 or more) cycles do not produce good results. Everything escapes quickly. Also different random seeds produce very different results. I need to investigate this with deterministic, or at least less-random, function selection.

I should point out that this is not entirely new territory. With a different coloring scheme, and without the "+c", this starts to look like IFS and Flame fractals.

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