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From: shaw@pegasus.com (Sandy Shaw)
Newsgroups: comp.theory,sci.math,alt.fractals
Subject: High precision Mandelbrot set
Keywords: extended precision, Mandelbrot set, "zooms"
Message-ID: <1991Jan8.142354.1732@pegasus.com>
Date: 8 Jan 91 14:23:54 GMT
Reply-To: shaw@pegasus.com (Sandy Shaw)
Organization: Pegasus,  Honolulu
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     When one does a "zoom" on parts of the Mandelbrot set one reaches a 
point when due to the limitations of precision of the machine(usually
64 bit IEEE floating point) one can gain no further detail from the image.
My question is : Is there there a way short of using an extended precision
math package to gain further detail upon continuing the zoom? Perhaps some 
sort of renormalization? Any thoughts on this question or references would
be greatly appreciated.

shaw@pegasus.com