Landis963 Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 Have we found the easter egg which is supposedly encoded into the map of Roshar? I ask because at first glance it seems like the mirroring of Roshar and Shadesmar, but that's explicitly noticed in the text, and seems like an inviolate rule of how Shadesmar works. It bears a slight resemblance to the world of Monty Oum's RWBY, whose map was developed with some sprayed condiments on a airplane napkin, but that seems unlikely. Anyone else possibly figure it out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elithanathile Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 The map of Roshar was built off of a fractal. My apologies, I can't remember which one though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the winter system Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 The Julia Set, if I recall right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Landis963 Posted September 22, 2015 Author Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 The map of Roshar was built off of a fractal. My apologies, I can't remember which one though. I found the mega-thread that figured out the fractal (Julia fractal, for reference). Cool easter egg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Star Posted September 22, 2015 Report Share Posted September 22, 2015 (edited) It's an actual easter egg with an emerald sphere in it.Why do I keep having to repeat myself? Edit: I think it might be in Shinovar. They have chickens. Probably a good place to start looking for eggs. Edited September 23, 2015 by Patrick Star 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alfa Posted September 23, 2015 Report Share Posted September 23, 2015 It's representing a two-dimensional shade of a three-dimensional slice through the (four-dimensional) Julia set of a function on the quaternions. You can find it in wikipedia (here) in the video on the right hand side. It is assumed somewhere, that with the video you can see how roshar was forming in it's prehistory (current state is found somwhere during 0:03). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AerionBFII Posted September 30, 2015 Report Share Posted September 30, 2015 Erm...yeah...t- totally makes sense.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunkum Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Erm...yeah...t- totally makes sense.... it actually does, though it's been a long time since I did anything with Julia sets, so I couldn't confirm that it is correct Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Erm...yeah...t- totally makes sense.... I explained it somewhere in the original thread. If you are curious enough, I think my explanation there was both detailed and understandable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardbearer Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 So Roshar is one big cymatic, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamEternal Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 So Roshar is one big cymatic, right? No... I mean, it could be, but the discovery makes it less likely, not more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shardbearer Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 Why less? The Julia Set is mathematical, and so are the cymatic formation of the dawncities. Different math, probably, but still... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DreamEternal Posted October 1, 2015 Report Share Posted October 1, 2015 (edited) Why less? The Julia Set is mathematical, and so are the cymatic formation of the dawncities. Different math, probably, but still... Waves propagating in a two dimensional space probably wouldn't align so well with a two-dimensional shade of a three dimensional cut of a four dimensional object. "Math" can prove things are different. Edited October 1, 2015 by CognitivePulsePattern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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