| What is a Fractal? |
[Apr. 8th, 2005|05:52 pm] |
A lot of people have been asking me what fractals are and so I bring you the definition from the American Heritage Dictionary:
frac·tal ( P ) Pronunciation Key (frktl)
n.
A geometric pattern that is repeated at ever smaller scales to produce irregular shapes and surfaces that cannot be represented by classical geometry. Fractals are used especially in computer modeling of irregular patterns and structures in nature. |
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| Blackbird singing in the dead of night |
[Apr. 6th, 2005|04:58 am] |
To see a world in a grain of sand,
And a heaven in a wild flower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand,
And eternity in an hour.
William Blake - Auguries of Innocence |
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| Midnight Math |
[Apr. 5th, 2005|06:21 am] |
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Mathematics, rightly viewed, posses not only truth, but supreme beauty - a beauty cold and austere, like that of sculpture.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) |
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| Journaling and whatnot |
[Mar. 31st, 2005|09:40 pm] |
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I have had this journal for a bit, but I never used it because I really am not interested in telling most people about my life. Instead I'll be using this to post random things like my fractals. Comment on them, talk about them, whatever you like. I am interested in hearing feedback on this sorta stuff. |
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