Towards fractal description of structure

  • Enn Saar
II Analysis and Modelling of Structures
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Part of the Lecture Notes in Physics book series (LNP, volume 332)

Abstract

I review the present data on the large-scale structure of the Universe and the methods used to describe it. The model underlying the correlation description is described and an alternative - fractal - picture is proposed.

Keywords

Correlation Function Fractal Dimension Filling Factor Homogeneous Density Fractal Spectrum 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Enn Saar
    • 1
  1. 1.Tartu Astrophysical ObservatoryEstoniaUSSR

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