There's a common saying in discussion of fractals that the length of a coastline depends on how small a device you use to measure it. I thought this was a hypothetical, say as applied to the steps in the construction of the Koch snowflake.
There's a common saying in discussion of fractals that the length of a coastline depends on how small a device you use to measure it.
I thought this was a hypothetical, say as applied to the steps in the construction of the Koch snowflake.
Lewis Fry […] The post Empirical fractal first appeared on John D.
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There's a common saying in discussion of fractals that the length of a coastline depends on how small a device you use to measure it. I thought this was a hypothetical, say as applied to the steps in the construction of the Koch snowflake. The saying has its roots in actually surveying.
The saying has its roots in actually surveying. Lewis Fry […] The post Empirical fractal first appeared on John D.
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