http://www.palmtreegarden.org/fp/2007/09/07/mandelbrot-fractal-zoom/ Gnosticism, Forteana, fun and more from a modern Gnostic Minister. Formerly "Fantastic Planet." The opinions expressed hereon are solely those of the author, and do not represent the opinions of The Palm Tree Garden Gnostic Community. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 09:38:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.3 http://www.palmtreegarden.org/fp/2007/09/07/mandelbrot-fractal-zoom/#comment-198 A.H. Fri, 07 Sep 2007 20:07:41 +0000 http://www.palmtreegarden.org/fp/2007/09/07/mandelbrot-fractal-zoom/#comment-198 Wow... It never ends, does it? This proves how fantastic mathematics is! It's really hypnotizing. Wow… It never ends, does it? This proves how fantastic mathematics is!
It’s really hypnotizing.

]]> http://www.palmtreegarden.org/fp/2007/09/07/mandelbrot-fractal-zoom/#comment-199 JP Fri, 07 Sep 2007 21:05:23 +0000 http://www.palmtreegarden.org/fp/2007/09/07/mandelbrot-fractal-zoom/#comment-199 I was reading the comments to the video, and what's amazing is that if the very final frame is as big as your computer screen, then the first frame (i.e. the whole fractal) is 2^240 (that's two to the power of 240) the size of the size of the known universe. So this fractal is literally larger than the universe itself! I was reading the comments to the video, and what’s amazing is that if the very final frame is as big as your computer screen, then the first frame (i.e. the whole fractal) is 2^240 (that’s two to the power of 240) the size of the size of the known universe. So this fractal is literally larger than the universe itself!

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