Re: What has fractal theory achieved?

On Jun 28, 4:12 am, "Dirk Van de moortel" <dirkvandemoor...@ThankS-NO-
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On Jun 23, 10:34 am, "Zdislav V. Kovarik"
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On Sun, 22 Jun 2008, Dirk Van de moortel wrote:
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Are fractals really *used* in short term weather forecasting?

Dirk Vdm

I tell my students (many hope to become
engineers), when they ask about
immediate applicability of what I lecture about:
Imagine a customer who would approach a baker and
demand that the loaf of
bread be edible during every stage of its preparation.
You don't want to
hear the unpublishable reply.

Cheers, ZVK(Slavek).

Applause!

From where I am standing, silence.

You don't think he makes a valid point about the
relationship between research and utility?

Sure, he makes a perfectly valid point about the relationship
between research and utility. But that does not answer my
factual question, not does it say anything about whether fractals
*might, will, or even can ever* be used in short term weather
forecasting.
So the point he makes is irrelevant to the question I asked.
No big deal however - my silence was meant to somewhat
counterbalance the inappropriate out-of-context applause :-)

Of course fractals will be used for weather forecasting.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenz_attractor

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