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Fractal Dimension


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 D in the expression n(epsilon)=epsilon^(-D), where n(epsilon) is the minimum number of open sets of diameter epsilon 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).


See also

Capacity Dimension, Correlation Dimension, Fractal, Hausdorff Dimension, Hurst Exponent, Information Dimension, Lyapunov Dimension, Minkowski-Bouligand Dimension, Pointwise Dimension, q-Dimension

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References

Rasband, S. N. "Fractal Dimension." Ch. 4 in Chaotic Dynamics of Nonlinear Systems. New York: Wiley, pp. 71-83, 1990.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Fractal Dimension." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/FractalDimension.html

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