Landis963 he/him Posted September 22, 2015 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?
Elithanathile he/him Posted September 22, 2015 Posted September 22, 2015 The map of Roshar was built off of a fractal. My apologies, I can't remember which one though.
Landis963 he/him Posted September 22, 2015 Author 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.
Patrick Star Posted September 22, 2015 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
Alfa he/him Posted September 23, 2015 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).
AerionBFII he/him Posted September 30, 2015 Posted September 30, 2015 Erm...yeah...t- totally makes sense....
Dunkum he/him Posted October 1, 2015 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
Argent he/him Posted October 1, 2015 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.
Shardbearer he/him Posted October 1, 2015 Posted October 1, 2015 So Roshar is one big cymatic, right?
DreamEternal Posted October 1, 2015 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.
Shardbearer he/him Posted October 1, 2015 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...
DreamEternal Posted October 1, 2015 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
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