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rafael_01
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I've made an experiment similar to the one found here:
http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/fracanddim/boxdim/PowerLaw/CrumpledPaper.html
The result was: the mass of crumpled paper balls is proportional to [tex]D^n[/tex], being D their mean external diameter, and n ≈ 2,5.
As [tex]n[/tex] is not an integer, the balls are fractals. But I cannot see, exactely, what caracterizes them as fractals.
If you look at a Koch snowflake, for example, it is easy to see that it is self-similar, and that it is not a regular euclidean object, as it's perimeter is infinite.
How can a Koch snowflake and a crumpled paper ball be similar kinds of object?
http://classes.yale.edu/fractals/fracanddim/boxdim/PowerLaw/CrumpledPaper.html
The result was: the mass of crumpled paper balls is proportional to [tex]D^n[/tex], being D their mean external diameter, and n ≈ 2,5.
As [tex]n[/tex] is not an integer, the balls are fractals. But I cannot see, exactely, what caracterizes them as fractals.
If you look at a Koch snowflake, for example, it is easy to see that it is self-similar, and that it is not a regular euclidean object, as it's perimeter is infinite.
How can a Koch snowflake and a crumpled paper ball be similar kinds of object?