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Mathematical and Physical Fractals
Université Laval, Département de Physique, De Génie Physique et d’Optique, Québec, Canada
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Applied Mathematics·Volume 05 (2014)·Pages 1791–1800·Published 26 June 2014·DOI10.4236/am.2014.512172
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Abstract
A review of the concepts developed about mathematical and physical fractals is presented followed by experimental results of the latter, considered to be a fourth state of matter which pervades the universe from galaxies to submicroscopic systems. A model of multiple fractal aggregation via a computer code is shown to closely simulate physical fractals experiments carried out in simulated and in real low gravity.
KeywordsFractalDimensionAggregationsEvaporation-CondensationTopologyComputer Simulations
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