Applying Fractals in Astronomy. 1st ed. 1991

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edited by Andre HECK, Jean M. Perdang

出版情報:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 1991

著者名:

• HECK, Andre.
• Perdang, Jean M.
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シリーズ名:

Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs ; 3

ISBN:

9783540475828 [3540475826]    

注記:

Geometry and Dynamics of Fractal Sets -- Pulsating Stars and Fractals -- Turbulence, Fractals, and the Solar Granulation -- Fractals and the Large—Scale Galaxy Distribution -- Is the Spatial Distribution of Galaxies a Bounded Self—Similar Structure? Observational Evidences -- Fractal Aspects of Galaxy Clustering -- Fractal Properties in the Simulations of a One-Dimensional Spherically Expanding Universe -- The Fractal Structure of the Quantum Space-Time -- The Real Stuff.
'Fractal geometry addressesitselfto questions that many people have been asking themselves. It con­ cerns an aspect of Nature that almost everybody had been conscious of, but could not address in a formal fashion. ' 'Fractal geometry seems to be the proper language to describe the complezity of many very compli­ cated shapes around us. ' (Mandelbrot, 1990a) 'I believe that fractals respond to a profound un­ easiness in man. ' (Mandelbrot, 1990b) The catchword fractal, ever since it was coined by Mandelbrot (1975) to refer to a class of abstract mathematical objects that were already known at the turn ofthe 19th century, has found an unprecedented resonance both inside and outside the scientific community. Fractal concepts, far more than the concepts of catastrophe theory introduced a few years earlier, are currently being applied not only in the physical sciences, but also in biology and medicine (Goldberger and West 1987). In the mid-eighties, Kadanoff (1986) asked the question: 'Why all the fuss about /ract

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