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Fractals model complex physical processes and dynamical systems. Almost all fractals are at least partially self-similar.
Straight lines, squares, triangles and circles are fundamental geometrical objects that we are all familiar with. Graphic designers often put together a number of them to create pretty patterns. Mathematicians on the other hand are more amb...
Fractals are pieces of a larger whole in geometrical shapes. It is like a miniature picture of a larger picture, but divided into pieces. Look here for more information: http://math.rice.edu/~lanius/frac/
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Fractals were discovered over time as mathematicians worked with numbers. There is some evidence that fractals were present in the late 19th century. The name fractal was first used my Benoit Mandelbrot in 1975.
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There are many formulas to achieve fractals, all resulting in various effects. They are made by a calculation of a math formula which is aligned with a color to make the pictures appear. You can find more information here: http://www.squido...
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It raised the awareness of the class of objects that have infinite length but occupies a finite volume in space (resulting in the object having "fractional dimension" -- not really 1D, not really 2D or 3D, but somewhere in between...
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Fractal theory forms a primary link between mathematics and nature, a link that conventional mathematics had long been straining to achieve. Coastlines are not curves, trees are not tubes, and clouds are not globes. But, all of these are fr...
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Fractals were discovered in 1975 by a scientist names Benoit Mandelbrot.
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Keith found a New Scientist story about fractals and quantum theory. The article says "Take the mathematics of fractals into account, says Palmer, and the long-standing puzzles of quantum theory may be much easier to understand. They m...
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What are you using to make those? Also, the black background is part of the image, not part of the forum background.
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