A fractal – the term he derived from the Latin word fractus, meaning “broken” or “fragmented” – is a geometric shape that can ...

At the beginning of my third year at university studying mathematics, I spotted an announcement. A visiting professor from ...

Marcus du Sautoy describes how fractal geometry can be used to describe natural objects, and how it is used in digital animation. Trees use the simple rule of trying to maximise surface area ...

Fractals are patterns that repeat themselves at different sizes, creating complex structures from simple rules. They are ...

Demin, S A Andreev, A O Demina, N Y and Nefedyev, Y A 2018. Analysis of the terrestrial global digital model using fractal geometry and harmonic expansion into spherical functions. Journal of Physics: ...