All About Fractals
YES, It is a Fractal!! Good Job!!! Do You know which one?
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frac·tal (frâk´tël) n. A geometric pattern that is repeated at ever smaller scales to produce irregular shapes and surfaces that cannot be represented by classical geometry. Fractals are used especially in computer modeling of irregular patterns and structures in nature. [French, from Latin fractus, past participle of frangere, to break. See FRACTION.]
Fractals are extensions of traditional Euclidean shapes, such as lines, squares, and circles, with two fundamental properties. First, when you view fractals, you can magnify them an infinite number of times, and they contain structure at every magnification level. Second, you can generate fractals using finite and typically small sets of instructions and data. Fractals grew out of the goal of mathematicians to completely describe the world using standard geometrical expressions. IBM mathematician Benoit B. Mandelbrot, PhD, proved and published the theory behind fractals in 1981 and was the first to view computer-generated fractal structures. The well-known Mandelbrot Set is named in his honor. Another famous fractal researcher, with a set also named for him, is French mathematician Gaston Julia.
Really COOL Pictures of some fractals
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