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Fractal Geometry
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" is not just a chapter of mathematics, but one that helps
Everyman to see the same old world differently". - Benoit Mandelbrot
The world of mathematics usually tends to be thought of as abstract. Complex and
imaginary numbers, real numbers, logarithms, functions, some tangible and others
imperceiv ....
Middle of essay .... (McGuire, Foreword by Benoit Mandelbrot)
A fractal is a geometric shape that is complex and detailed at every level of
magnification, as well as self-similar. Self-similarity is something looking the
same over all ranges of scale, meaning a small portion of a fractal can be
viewed as a microcosm of the larger fractal. One of the simplest examples of a
fractal is the snowflake. It is constructed by taking an equilateral triangle,
and after many iterations of adding smaller triangles to incr.... |
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