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From: chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green)
Newsgroups: alt.fractals,sci.math,comp.graphics
Subject: Re: 3-d fractal raytracer?
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Date: 1 May 91 12:41:48 GMT
References: <1991Apr30.074427.29894@milton.u.washington.edu>
Reply-To: chrisg@cbmvax.commodore.com (Chris Green)
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In article <1991Apr30.074427.29894@milton.u.washington.edu> bungi@u.washington.edu writes:
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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... :)


	I posted Forth souce code for this in alt.fractals a while back.
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