Moebius modifier
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Moebius modifier for escape time fractals
Wraps (either left or right or both) inverting Y, as if on an infinitely tall Moebius strip cylinder. Can be applied after each iteration step to various escape time fractals (Mandelbrot, Burning Ship, etc). Invented by Hiato on fractalforums.com in 2013.
Modifier function
moebius (x + i y) =
| x < -a = (x + 2 a) - i y
| -a < x < a = x + i y
| a < x = (x - 2 a) - i y
Modifier function (perturbed)
Z = X + i Y high precision reference, z = x + i y low precision delta (small); may need custom glitch detection when z is on the other side of the fold to Z.
P(moebius)(X + i Y, x + i y) := moebius((X + x) + i (Y + y)) - moebius(X + i Y) =
| X < -a
| X + x < -a = x - i y
| -a < X + x < a = (x - 2 a) + i (2 Y + y)
| a < X + x = (x - 4 a) - i y
| -a < X && X < a
| X + x < -a = (x + 2 a) - i (2 Y + y)
| -a < X + x < a = x + i y
| a < X + x = (x - 2 a) - i (2 Y + y)
| a < X
| X + x < -a = (x + 4 a) - i y
| -a < X + x < a = (x + 2 a) + i (2 Y + y)
| a < X + x = x - i y