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From: bungi@milton.u.washington.edu (Timothy J. Wood)
Newsgroups: alt.fractals,sci.math,comp.graphics
Subject: 3-d fractal raytracer?
Message-ID: <1991Apr30.074427.29894@milton.u.washington.edu>
Date: 30 Apr 91 07:44:27 GMT
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Organization: University of Washington, Seattle
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  I've seen some discussion about the rendering of 3-d slices of various
4-d fractals (esp, M and J_c), but I have yet to find any source code for
such creatures.  Is there any out there available for ftp, or does anyone
have any source they would mail me?

  Failing this, does anyone know a fairly accurate method for computing
the a normal to a procedurally defined surface (in this case M or J_c)?

  Assuming I don't receive any source, what suggestions would you have for
implementing a distributed fractal ray-tracer?  Who would like a copy when
i'm done? (I know I'll get a response from this one... :)