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AlexandrSupertramp said:
I know Mandelbrot created the Mandelbrot fractal set and it goes on forever and ever but the mandelbrot set wasn't first found in nature was it.I know there are fractals in nature but the mandelbrot zooms in forever no matter how far you zoom in and you keep getting fractals. Are the fractals in nature infinite fractals when you keep zooming in?

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AlexandrSupertramp said:
I know Mandelbrot created the Mandelbrot fractal set and it goes on forever and ever but the mandelbrot set wasn't first found in nature was it.I know there are fractals in nature but the mandelbrot zooms in forever no matter how far you zoom in and you keep getting fractals. Are the fractals in nature infinite fractals when you keep zooming in?

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pureenergy13 said:
Not quite.  fractals are in theory endlessly repeating geometric shapes.  If you zoom in forever on a mathematical model of a fractal (like the mandelbrot set), it'll go on forever.  Natural fractals are similar, but do to the nature of finite amounts of mass, no, they don't go on forever.


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Salomon said:

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AlexandrSupertramp said:
I know Mandelbrot created the Mandelbrot fractal set and it goes on forever and ever but the mandelbrot set wasn't first found in nature was it.I know there are fractals in nature but the mandelbrot zooms in forever no matter how far you zoom in and you keep getting fractals. Are the fractals in nature infinite fractals when you keep zooming in?

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well, the further you zoom in on somthing, it still yeilds fractals, like atoms and quarks arranged in patterns, but that breaks down further than we can see. and but think about this: time is equal to space, and you're always viewing the fractal (mandelbrot) from the same point. it only gets more colmpex over time; you're not actuially "zooming in" on anything. this can be applied to real life. for example let's take mushrooms into concideration.


watch this video:

as you view the mushrooms from the same point, as time passes, you can see the fractal progress.

see the resemblemce to 2 dimensional fractals like the mandelbrot? the patterns get more complex over time and multiply.



another example is when you travel. you are always viewing the world from the same point, although your body is moving. along your destination, you follow paths and see progressive more things coming into your sight. complex patterns that progress as you move down the path (space) over time.



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TootyBooty said:


I'm sorry but i think you might be confused.
If the video had shown a tree i would understand why you used it to describe a fractal, but you didn't- you used a video of mushrooms leading me to question whether or not you know what a fractal is.

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do you think that there is a limited amount of types of repetitive patterns that constitutes a fractal?

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Salomon said:

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TootyBooty said:


I'm sorry but i think you might be confused.
If the video had shown a tree i would understand why you used it to describe a fractal, but you didn't- you used a video of mushrooms leading me to question whether or not you know what a fractal is.

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do you think that there is a limited amount of types of repetitive patterns that constitutes a fractal?

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noun Mathematics, Physics .
a geometrical or physical structure having an irregular or fragmented shape at all scales of measurement between a greatest and smallest scale such that certain mathematical or physical properties of the structure, as the perimeter of a curve or the flow rate in a porous medium, behave as if the dimensions of the structure (fractal dimensions)  are greater than the spatial dimensions.

^^^^^From dictionary.com^^^^^

How does this describe a mushroom?

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AlexandrSupertramp said:
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