Fractal geometry is a field of math born in the 1970s and mainly developed by Benoit Mandelbrot. If you’ve already heard of fractals, you’ve probably seen the picture above. It’s called the Mandelbrot ...

(PhysOrg.com) -- What do mountains, broccoli and the stock market have in common? The answer to that question may best be explained by fractals, the branch of geometry that explains irregular shapes ...

Fractals have become a common sight, thanks to computer imagery In 1975, a new word came into use, when a maverick mathematician made an important discovery. So what are fractals? And why are they ...

When Harry Potter first went to Hogwarts, he caught his train from Kings Cross, platform 9¾. The idea of a platform between two whole numbers might seem impossible to imagine. However, for someone ...

How long is a country’s border? That’s the seemingly simple question mathematician Lewis Fry Richardson asked himself more than 75 years ago. The thing that puzzled him was that the length of the ...

He is an associate professor of philosophy and psychology at the University of Missouri Neurodynamics LaboratoryBerit BrogaardIs studying a man named "JP". JP underwent assault of kicking beating in ...

You're currently following this author! Want to unfollow? Unsubscribe via the link in your email. You probably haven't thought of fractals since your high school geometry class, but there's a chance ...

The real joy of conferences is meeting with people who understand so much more than you do. Eric Akkerman presented ideas at the Physics of Quantum Electronics conference that definitely falls into ...

This program will draw fractals with an Iterated Function System or by the Chaos Game. Either method requires that the transformations defining the IFS be given. An IFS is composed of a number of ...