The Unravelling of the Real 3D Mandelbulb [image rich]

Skytopia.com ^ | November 16, 2009 | Daniel White

[Daffynition]

TIMESTAMP 08/11/2009. The original Mandelbrot is an amazing object that has captured the public's imagination for 30 years with its cascading patterns and hypnotically colourful detail. It's known as a 'fractal' - a type of shape that yields (sometimes elaborate) detail forever, no matter how far you 'zoom' into it (think of the trunk of a tree sprouting branches, which in turn split off into smaller branches, which themselves yield twigs etc.).

It's found by following a relatively simple math formula. But in the end, it's still only 2D and flat - there's no depth, shadows, perspective, or light sourcing. What we have featured in this article is a potential 3D version of the same fractal. For the impatient, you can skip to the nice pics, but the below makes an interesting read (with a little math as well for the curious).

• Background
  
• Opening Pandora's Box for the second time
  

• Is this merely a fool's quest?
  
• Resulting renders
  
• Page 2: Experimenting with iterations and powers
  
• Page 2: Further exploration of the creature
  
• Page 2: Epilogue: Is this... the real 3D Mandelbrot then?
  

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