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Jean-François COLONNA

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Tridimensional representation of a quadridimensional Calabi-Yau manifold.	Quark and gluon structure of a nucleon.	Tridimensional display of a linear superposition of 6 eigenstates of the Hydrogen atom (tridimensional computation).	Tridimensional visualization of the Verhulst dynamics -'Time Ships', a tribute to Stephen Baxter-.	The Lorenz attractor.
$The trajectories of bidimensional fractal aggregates obtained by means of a 50% pasting process during collisions of particles submitted to a vertical field of gravity$ The trajectories of bidimensional fractal aggregates obtained by means of a 50% pasting process during collisions of particles submitted to a vertical field of gravity.	$Tridimensional fractal aggregate obtained by means of a 100% pasting process during collisions of particles submitted to an attractive central field of gravity$ Tridimensional fractal aggregate obtained by means of a 100% pasting process during collisions of particles submitted to an attractive central field of gravity.	Along the border of the Mandelbrot set.	The quaternionic Julia set computed with A=(0,1,0,0).	2.pi rotation about Y and Z axes of a quaternionic Julia set.
A pseudo-octonionic Mandelbrot set (a 'MandelBulb') -'the children round' or 'the consciousness emerging from Mathematics'-.	Artistic view of a pseudo-quaternionic Julia set ('MandelBulb' like : a 'JuliaBulb') computed with A=(-0.58...,+0.63...,0,0) -a Tribute to José Hernández-.	Close-up on a pseudo-octonionic Mandelbrot set (a 'Mandelbulb').	Mountains at sunrise.	Fractal synthesis of mountains with vegetation and stormy clouds.
Mountains and light cloud dynamics -this sequence being periodical-.	Paradoxal Monument Valley at sunset.	Foggy Babel Tower.	Botticelli anomaly on the Moon.	$Tridimensional fractal structure$ Tridimensional fractal structure.
Alien.	From the Sun to Pluto (non linear scales).	N-body problem integration (N=4 : one star, one heavy planet and one light planet with a satellite) computed with 2 different optimization options on the same computer (sensitivity to rounding-off errors).	The random walk of photons escaping the Sun.	Artistic view of the Big Bang.
The same bidimensional scalar field displayed with 4 different color palettes.	A shell (Jeener surface 1) in motion.	$The normal field of a fractal surface defined by means of three bidimensional fields$ The normal field of a fractal surface defined by means of three bidimensional fields.	Artistic view of the prime numbers.	'Harmonious' arrangement of 24 points on a sphere by means of simulated annealing.
$A tridimensional fractal manifold defined by means of three tridimensional fields$ A tridimensional fractal manifold defined by means of three tridimensional fields.	Double impossible staircase.	The monsters of the lily pond.	$Artistic view of a bidimensional texture obtained by means of the self-transformation of a fractal process$ Artistic view of a bidimensional texture obtained by means of the self-transformation of a fractal process.	The scream -a Tribute to Edvard Munch-.
The war.	Recursive intertwining.	No Title 0137 -a tribute to Yves Tanguy-.	Intertwining based on the geometry of the sphere.	The Birth of the Universe.

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The sum of all '512x512' pictures on 11/10/2003.	The sum of all '512x512' pictures on 07/24/2005.	The sum of all '512x512' pictures on 04/06/2006.	The sum of all '512x512' pictures on 08/30/2009.	The sum of all '512x512' pictures on 06/15/2011.
The sum of all '780x575' pictures on 11/10/2003.	The sum of all '780x575' pictures on 07/24/2005.	The sum of all '780x575' pictures on 04/06/2006.	The sum of all '780x575' pictures on 08/30/2009.	The sum of all '780x575' pictures on 06/15/2011.

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