Re: What has fractal theory achieved?

We are all aware that fractals result in very nice
e 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?

From the introduction to my book CLASSICS ON FRACTALS:
_Physics Briefs_ for July to December, 1990, lists 37 references on
fractals ... So physics papers on fractals are being published more
frequently than once a week.

--
G. A. Edgar http://www.math.ohio-state.edu/~edgar/
.

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