College of the Atlantic: What are Fractals and How Can They Help Us Understand the World?
June 18, 2024
June 18, 2024
BAR HARBOR, Maine, June 18 (TNSres) -- College of the Atlantic issued the following news:
Fractals are common in nature because of the surprisingly simple way they are made. Mathematically, they also help us make sense of complexity and chaos--and maybe even quantum weirdness, says COA professor of physics and mathematics David Feldman.
You have almost certainly seen computer-generated fractals--beautiful, trippy images in which colourful, intricate structures repeat ad . . .
Fractals are common in nature because of the surprisingly simple way they are made. Mathematically, they also help us make sense of complexity and chaos--and maybe even quantum weirdness, says COA professor of physics and mathematics David Feldman.
You have almost certainly seen computer-generated fractals--beautiful, trippy images in which colourful, intricate structures repeat ad . . .