Is the Geometry of Nature Fractal?

DOI10.1126/SCIENCE.279.5347.39MaRDI QIDQ5716380zbMATH OpenOpenAlexWikidataFDO

Authors David Avnir, O. Biham, Daniel A. Lidar, O. Malcai

Publication date 1998

Published in Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/9801038

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

General theory of mathematical modeling (00A71) Dynamical systems in biology (37N25)

Abstract: The notion of the abundance of fractals is critically re-examined in light of surprising data regarding the scaling range in empirical reports on fractality.

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