Math diatoms: one complex map generates a page of fractal 'microbes'
pickover · x · 2026-10-28
Clifford Pickover shares Simone Conradi's visualization of the complex map z ↦ {a₀ + a₁|z|² + a₂ Re(zⁿ) + a₃|z| Re[(z/|z|)ⁿᵖ]} z + a₄ z̄ⁿ⁻¹, producing a page of diatom-like fractal forms. Is such visual discovered or invented? "It feels like peering directly into the source code of reality."
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