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This document provides an introduction to fractal geometry. It defines a fractal as a never-ending pattern that is self-similar across different scales, created through repeating a simple process. Fractals are found throughout nature in structures like trees, coastlines, and clouds. Fractals have fractional dimensions and infinite length within a finite area. The discovery of fractals has enabled more accurate definition and measurement of rough natural structures. Important uses of fractals include image compression and generating complex images. Benoit Mandelbrot is recognized as the founder of fractal geometry for showing their prevalence in mathematics and nature.

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Maths Class Project 1

This document provides an introduction to fractal geometry. It defines a fractal as a never-ending pattern that is self-similar across different scales, created through repeating a simple process. Fractals are found throughout nature in structures like trees, coastlines, and clouds. Fractals have fractional dimensions and infinite length within a finite area. The discovery of fractals has enabled more accurate definition and measurement of rough natural structures. Important uses of fractals include image compression and generating complex images. Benoit Mandelbrot is recognized as the founder of fractal geometry for showing their prevalence in mathematics and nature.

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Hello my fellow mates, are you ready to go on a voyage with us and explore the vast world of

fractal geometry.
So let’s start.

What is fractal
A fractal is a never-ending pattern. Fractals are infinitely complex patterns that are self-
similar across different scales. They are created by repeating a simple process over and over
in an ongoing feedback loop. Driven by recursion, fractals are images of dynamic systems –
the pictures of Chaos. Geometrically, they exist in between our familiar dimensions. Fractal
patterns are extremely familiar, since nature is full of fractals. For instance: trees, rivers,
coastlines, mountains, clouds, seashells, hurricanes, etc. Clouds are not perfect spheres, mountains
are not symmetric cones, and lightning does not travel in a straight line. Nature is rough, and until very recently
this roughness was impossible to measure.

Properties of fractals
Fractals are self similar across different scales. Fractals are not ordinary geometrical figures.
They are too irregular to be easily described in traditional Euclidean geometry. They are
neither two or three dimensional. They are in fractional dimension. Fractals have infinite
length but yet they enclose in an finite area.
I know you may have been wondering that what are the uses of fractals , so let’s
understand with the help of my friend shyam.

Use of fractals
The discovery of fractal geometry has made it possible to mathematically explore the kinds of
rough irregularities that exist in nature.
In Euclidean geometry we assign values to an object- length ,breadth and height . We
calculate attributes like area, volume ,etc on those values. Most of the object are not
uniform like mountains have jagged edge. Fractals geometry enables us to more accurately
define and measure the complexity of the same by quantifying how rough it’s surface is.
The image created by a fractal is complex yet striking, and has intrigued artists for a
long time already.
One of the most important uses of fractals is with regards to image compressing. In
fractal compression when the picture is enlarged, there is no pixelisation.

Mathematicians who worked on fractal


Benoit B. Mandelbrot, a visionary mathematician is known as the founder of fractal
geometry. He showed how fractals can occur in many different places in both
mathematics and elsewhere in nature. 
 His work was elaborated in his book fully in The fractal geometry of
nature in 1982. Hausdorff introduced this new, expanded definition of dimension.
d = log(N)/log(log(1/r))

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