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Fractal growth processes

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The methods of fractal geometry allow the classification of non-equilibrium growth processes according to their scaling properties. This classification and computer simulations give insight into a great variety of complex structures.

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Sander, L. Fractal growth processes. Nature 322, 789–793 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/322789a0

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