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- Pickover - A Strange Attractor developed by Clifford Pickover
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- This is a 3 dimensional shape controlled by 4 variables. To get a feeling of
- the shape you really need to try the 3d viewing options of !Fractal - use
- the Rotate & Elevate icons to set your viewing position or better still use
- the cursor keys whilst plotting. The plot is infinite and is made with
- points rather than lines to avoid too much clutter.
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- The menu options are:
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- Random a/b/c/d: Click to set/unset random selection of the variable when a
- plot is started. For each variable there is an associated maximum, which can
- be changed from the data panel. New variables are not chosen when zooming.
- Once you have found an interesting shape, turn off random variables, and use
- the 3d options to explore the shape from different view points. The default
- variables were obtained in this way.
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- Random colour: when set a random colour is chosen after every 100 plots.
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- Step Colour: the colour value is increased after every 100 plots.
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- If neither Random or Step colour is set, then the plot is made in white
- using exclusive or'ing to trace the current position.
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- You can change the viewpoint whilst plotting by pressing the cursor keys,
- and then pressing the space bar to restart. See the 3d section in the
- !MainHelp file for more details.
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- Algorithm
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- x=1; y=1; z=1;
- do
- xnew = sin(a*y) - z*cos(b*x)
- ynew = z*sin(c*x) - cos(d*y)
- znew = sin(x)
- plot px,pz where px/pz are 3d transform of x/y/z
- forever
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