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Fractals: Endlessly Repeated Geometrical Figures
Fractals Endlessly Repeated Geometrical Figures
Author: Hans Lauwerier, Sophia Gill-Hoffstä, dt (Translator)
Fractals are shapes in which an identical motif repeats itself on an ever diminishing scale. A coastline, for instance, is a fractal, with each bay or headland having its own smaller bays and headlands--as is a tree with a trunk that separates into two smaller side branches, which in their turn separate into side branches that are smaller still....  more »
ISBN-13: 9780691024455
ISBN-10: 0691024456
Publication Date: 5/21/1991
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Princeton University Press
Book Type: Paperback
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