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A Brief Introduction to Fractal Geometry

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Fractals in Science

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In this chapter we present some definitions related to the fractal concept as well as several methods for calculating the fractal dimension. The purpose is to introduce the reader to the basic properties of fractals so that this book will be self contained. Because of space constraints, we do not give references to most of the original works. We refer mostly to books and reviews on fractal geometry where the original references can be found.

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  1. Armin Bunde
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  1. Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, D-35392, Giessen, Germany

    Armin Bunde

  2. Department of Physics, Bar-Ilan University, Ramat Gan, 52100, Israel

    Shlomo Havlin

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Bunde, A., Havlin, S. (1994). A Brief Introduction to Fractal Geometry. In: Bunde, A., Havlin, S. (eds) Fractals in Science. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-77953-4_1

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