Trick 2: How to find megaspirals.

Example: (S3)6; a star with 6 branches, ending in spirals with 3 arms.

In order to get spirals with 3 arms (see trick 1), we start with the initial figure of the Mandelbrot set, and we zoom in a circle number 3:

This circle contains again a series of sub-circles, we zoom in number 6:

This region has not only spirals S3, but also stars with 6 branches; here is the final zoom:


1996-08
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