Re: What has fractal theory achieved?
- From: Timothy Murphy <gayleard@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2008 17:03:03 +0100
Ken wrote:
We are all aware that fractals result in very nice pictures,
useful compression schemes and some cosmological models. My question,
what has the impact of fractals and fractal theory been on mathematics
and physics as a whole? Have they opened any new avenues of exploration?
Check out Michael Barnsley's work.
Are his compression methods used anywhere?
My (almost completely ignorant) impression
is that he made some absurdly inflated claims,
which put people off pursuing his methods.
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