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There are a few others well-known fractals apart from the Buddhabrot that resemble real-world objects. My favourite is the burning ship fractal: https://en.wiki
by AlanYx 3y ago
There are a few others well-known fractals apart from the Buddhabrot that resemble real-world objects. My favourite is the burning ship fractal: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Ship_fractal https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Ship_fractal
I found these sorts of things really helpful in getting my kids interested in fractals. They love the idea that there are "things" they can find that are only viewable through math.
- Y_Y 3y agoThe burning ship is still my favourite object in mathematics despite about twenty years of study since I first came across it. In an echo of the famous story about Tamm and the Taylor series error, I once had to explain the burning ship to border control in an impromptu test of my credentials (though I'm not sure if I'd have been shot if I got it wrong).