Sunday, August 23, 2009

FRACTAL GEOMETRY/ART!

I WAS WATCHIN NOVA ON PBS LAST NIGHT AND WAS VERY INTRIQUED WHEN I LEARNED OF THIS VERY EYE OPENING BRANCH OF MATH AND AFTER THE INITIAL RESULTING HEADACHE(TOO MUCH THINKN FOR ME HEH) I DID SOME RESEARCH ON IT. A FRACTAL AS DESCRIBED @ WIKIPEDIA IS A GENERALLY ROUGHT OR FRAGMENTED SHAPE THAT CAN BE SPLIT INTO PARTS, EACH OF WHICH IS A REDUCED SIZE COPY OF THE WHOLE, A PROPERTY CALLED SELF-SIMILARITY.

FRACTAL GEMOTRY IS FOUND EVERYWHERE U LOOK IN NATURE, FOR INSTINCE SNOWFLAKES, MOUNTAINS, BLOOD VESSELS, AND EVEN BROCOLLI.

THIS FIRST PHOTO IS THE MOST FAMOUS FRACTAL CALLED THE MANDELBROT SET NAMED AFTER THE MATHEMATICIAN WHO IS THE FATHER OF FRACTAL GEOMETRY


THIS PIC SHOWS A ZOOM OF THE MANDELBROT SET TO SHOW HOW INFINATE THE DESIGN IS
THIS LAST PIC IS AN EXAMPLE OF FRACTAL GEOMETRY IN THE ART WORLD THIS IS A 4 INCH BLOCK OF ACRYLIC WITH A HIGH VOLTAGE DIELECTRIC BRAKEDOWN WITH IN IT

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