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Odd to think that physics has found so few naturally occurring fractals.
by VonGuard 12y ago
Odd to think that physics has found so few naturally occurring fractals.
- coherentpony 12y agoPhysics has found lots of naturally occurring fractals.
- gamegoblin 12y agoAccording to the article It is one of the rare fractal structures discovered in physics, along with KAM tori. What are some other examples?
- esmi 12y agohttp://www.wired.com/2010/09/fractal-patterns-in-nature/ http://www.wired.com/2010/09/fractal-patterns-in-nature/
- gamegoblin 12y agoI think it's somewhat clear that "physics" and "nature" refer to two fairly different concepts in this context.
- coherentpony 12y agoThis is now entirely a semantic argument. I would argue "physics" and "nature" are almost interchangeable here. KAM tori naturally occur in ocean currents.
- rotskoff 12y agoCritical phenomena, like phase transitions, are essentially defined by fractal like properties. Scale invariance in systems near a phase transition inspired the technique now called renormalization group. It remains a central tool in statistical physics, but isn't really in vogue at the moment. Kenneth Wilson won a Nobel prize in 1982 for his work on RG. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renormalization_group https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renormalization_group