Parent Side

Robert P. Munafo, 1997 Jan 14.

The side of a cusp that is adjacent to the parent mu-atom.

For example, in Seahorse Valley the east side is the parent side because it is adjacent to R2a, which is the parent of R2.1/2a. The other side is called the child side.


From the Mandelbrot Set Glossary and Encyclopedia, by Robert Munafo.     Mu-ency index

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