Over the last half 50 years, fractals have challenged ideas about geometry and pushed math, science and technology into unexpected areas.

Some Fractals Fractals are geometric objects that are self-similar, i.e., you can break them apart into smaller pieces which are exact (but smaller) replicas of the original object. These smaller ...

If fractals are everywhere, Mandelbrot guessed, then perhaps the entire universe is a fractal. Maybe what we saw as the pattern in the arrangement of galaxies was the beginning steps of the ...

Fractals such as the Mandelbrot set are commonly associated with the study of complexity, also known by the trendier moniker of chaos theory. But the study of chaos is now somewhat discredited ...

The Mandelbrot set. - And more. Along the way we will look at the historical development of these ideas and how they are used today in areas such as physics, biology, medicine, and economics. An ...

Fractals are not only around us but they are also inside us: our lungs and blood vessels show fractal characteristics. Fractal mathematics can help us describe and quantify these structures.

Fractal geometry is a field of math born in the 1970s and mainly developed by Benoit Mandelbrot. If you’ve already heard of fractals, you’ve probably seen the picture above. It’s called the ...