R2.2/5a
Robert P. Munafo, 2008 Feb 1.
R2.2/5a is the R2-name for the largest period-5 mu-atom, and R2.2/5 is its mu-unit.
The "northwest radical" is sometimes used to refer to R2.2/5 (or "northwest bulb" for R2.2/5a), however the northwest external angle goes to a completely different mu-unit, R2.1/2.1/3.
Here is a picture of R2.2/5 and the attached filaments R2F(2/5B) :
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R2.2/5a and R2F(2/5B*)
Three of the filaments have been labeled, they are R2F(2/5Bn) for n={1,2,3}. Each of these filaments has a pretty-good sized island mu-molecule located near its midpoint, and the three islands are all about the same size, which makes this view particularly attractive (see also R2.1/2F(1/3B1)S).
R2F(2/5B1)S, R2F(2/5B2)S, and R2F(2/5B3)S are the 12th, 10th and 13th-largest (respectively) islands in the whole Mandelbrot Set, and R2F(2/5(1/2B1)B1)S is the 20th largest. Here they are, all shown at exactly 32 times the scale of the above picture:
s.jpg "-0.597865 + 0.663411 i 0.005938") -0.597865 + 0.663411 i @ 0.005938 R2F(2/5B1)S (the 12th largest island) |
s.jpg "-0.529367 + 0.668227 i 0.005938") -0.529367 + 0.668227 i @ 0.005938 R2F(2/5B2)S (the 10th largest island) |
s.jpg "-0.592316 + 0.620091 i 0.005938") -0.592316 + 0.620091 i @ 0.005938 R2F(2/5B3)S (the 13th largest island) |
s.jpg "-0.550769 + 0.626543 i 0.005938") -0.550769 + 0.626543 i @ 0.005938 R2.2/5F(1/2B1)S (the 20th largest island) |
The Island Clusters Search
The islands in R2F(2/5(*B)) have a special property: they form a "cluster" of similarly-sized islands.
To search for other places in the Mandelbrot set that have this property, one can examine all secondary continental mu-units, searching in order of the denominator of their internal angle.
For each one, examine the surrounding area to find all attached island mu-molecules, and mesure their areas. I compare the area of the largest such island to the total area of the others.
In such a search, R2F(2/5(*B)) sets a record; the record is set again by R2F(2/7(*B)), then by R2F(5/12(*B)), R2F(3/19(*B)), R2F(3/22(*B)), R2F(3/25(*B)), R2F(3/28(*B)), and R2F(3/31(*B)), the last five being of the form R2F(3/3N+1(*B)).
The first two are of the form R2F(2/2N+1(*B)); other promising patterns include R2F(5/5N+3(*B)), R2F(7/7N+2(*B)), R2F(12/12N+5(*B)), R2F(12/12N+7(*B)) and R2F(3N+1/6N+5(*B)).
Other record-setters that don't fit one of those patterns include R2F(7/33(*B)), R2F(19/45(*B)), R2F(17/46(*B)), R2F(19/50(*B)), R2F(8/51(*B)), R2F(23/51(*B)), R2F(19/60(*B)), R2F(17/63(*B)), R2F(19/64(*B)), and R2F(23/64(*B)) .
revisions: 20080201 oldest on record; 20100918 improve image and formatting; 20100921 add colloquial names; 20101021 add ranks of 4 largest islands
From the Mandelbrot Set Glossary and Encyclopedia, by Robert Munafo, (c) 1987-2024.
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