Nova fractal

Nova fractal
A PhonexDoubleNova fractal, rendered using five[clarification needed] layers in UltraFractal.
A nova fractal with default[clarification needed] parameters.
A nova fractal with Re(R) = 2.0.
A nova fractal with Re(R) = 3.0.
A 129804.49 times magnification at the point (-0.43608549343268, -0.102470623996602) on the novaMandelbrot fractal with start value z0 = (9.0,0.0), exponent p = (3.0,0.0) and relaxation R = (2.9,0.0).

Nova fractal is a family of fractals related to the Newton fractal. Nova is a formula that is implemented in most[citation needed] fractal art software.

Formula

The formula for novaMandelbrot[citation needed] is a special case of the generalized Newton fractal:

z \mapsto z - R \frac{z^{p}-1}{pz^{p-1}},

where R is said to be a relaxation constant and p\in\mathbb{C}. Note that this expression is equivalent to

z \mapsto z - R \frac{f}{f'}

for f = zp − 1, which is exactly the formula describing Newton fractals for a specific f.