The term "fractal dimension" is sometimes used to refer to what is more commonly called the capacity dimension of a fractal (which is, roughly speaking, the exponent in the expression , where is the minimum number of open sets of diameter needed to cover the set). However, it can more generally refer to any of the dimensions commonly used to characterize fractals (e.g., capacity dimension, correlation dimension, information dimension, Lyapunov dimension, Minkowski-Bouligand dimension).
Fractal Dimension
See also
Capacity Dimension, Correlation Dimension, Fractal, Hausdorff Dimension, Hurst Exponent, Information Dimension, Lyapunov Dimension, Minkowski-Bouligand Dimension, Pointwise Dimension, q-DimensionExplore with Wolfram|Alpha
References
Rasband, S. N. "Fractal Dimension." Ch. 4 in Chaotic Dynamics of Nonlinear Systems. New York: Wiley, pp. 71-83, 1990.Referenced on Wolfram|Alpha
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Weisstein, Eric W. "Fractal Dimension." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FractalDimension.html