Discovering Fractals: The Lorenz Attractor(lovehateubuntu.blogspot.com)

17 pointsby semmonsvor 16 Jahren2 comments

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Discovering Fractals: The Lorenz Attractor

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nysauhemvor 16 Jahren

This may be a silly question, but what is it about a Lorenz attractor that makes it a fractal? I can't imagine that it's self-similar, which I remember as being a necessary condition.

laprisevor 16 Jahren

Of course ... it's a fractal (dimension = 2.05). Fractal present some degree of self-similarity, not a perfect one. In fact, this is the whole beauty of it.