"Mandelbulb," a 3D Mandlebrot Construct, Discovered

symbolset writes "Many know the beauty and complexity of the Mandelbrot set. For some years now a few enterprising mathematicians / rendering fiends have been seeking a true 3D Mandelbrot set. A month ago a solution was found, and it is awesome to behold."

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Looks like a big sea slug.

[Ethanol-fueled]

I wonder if we'll ever reach the point where we will be able to define, with equations and rules, a sea slug using the principles of cellular automata?

Re:Actually, the Mandelbrot set is already 4D

[Eudial]

While not a pure mandelbrot, but a buddhabrot rendering: For the curious, here's a nice 2D projection of such a (rotating) 4D fractal I whipped up a while back.

Re:Actually, the Mandelbrot set is already 4D

[fractoid]

This post needs more +insightful. What a lot of people are missing by getting wound up in the maths is that it is an artistic endeavour. Their definition of "a mandelbrot" (and yes, this broken terminology bugs the pedant in me beyond belief) is nothing to do with z^2+c, and everything to do with "a pretty looking blobby thing that maintains an aesthetically pleasing and visually interesting level of surface detail at all magnifications".