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What are fractals?. What are fractals?. Romanesco. What are fractals?. What are fractals?. What are fractals?. What are fractals?. What are fractals?. What are fractals?. Golden ratio = 1.61803398875. How to create a Koch snowflake:. Fractal dimension? Point = 0-D Line = 1-D
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What are fractals? Romanesco
What are fractals? Golden ratio = 1.61803398875
Fractal dimension? • Point = 0-D • Line = 1-D • Area = 2-D • Volume 3-D 1.26
D = log(4)/log(3) = 1.26 Four identical line segments that are each 1/3 long, the dimension is log 4 / log 3, which is approximately 1.26.
1990. Sugihara, G., and R.M. May. Applications of fractals in ecology. Trends in Ecol. and Evol. 5(3): 79-86.