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You can get complexity from a simple pseudo-random number generator. Fractals are more interesting than PRNG's to me because they not only result in complexity
by pmoriarty 5y ago
You can get complexity from a simple pseudo-random number generator.
Fractals are more interesting than PRNG's to me because they not only result in complexity from simplicity, but because of their self-similarity and beauty.
- scotty79 5y agoPseudo-random generators also have this self-similarity and beauty if you dig into them deep enough. And if you take an arbitrary thin slice through a fractal it looks pseudo-random. Consider equation like x <- kx(1-x) that turns chaotic for some values of k. When you plot its behavior for various values of k around that point you'll see weird self-similarities like in fractals on the border of apparent chaos.