Fractal Dimension Computation in Python Code

[Tariq Rashid]

unfortunately there are many "fractal" dimension... Hd being one of them...
its not a mature science yet.... ( i did some research myself)

lots of references... sdearch google - plus watersones will hacve a good set
of books!

tariq

good luck


Alex <the_brain at mit.edu> wrote in message
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>
> > Myk> ... Has anyone got a fast routine for calculating the fractal
> > dimension of a set of points in 2 or 3D space?  Thanks.
> >
> > According to the inventor of fractals (Hausdorff in the year 1899),
> > you can place the set of 2D points next to a wall and shine light
> > through them, and the fractal dimension is the percentage of shadow on
> > the wall.
>
> Can you give a reference?  This suprises me, because it seems to me that
> since a Koch-curve has zero two-dimensional area, it will also cast a
> zero-area shadow.  On the other hand, its Hausdorff dimension is greater
> than 1, if I recall correctly.  Is Hausdorff dimension the same as
> fractal dimension?
>
> Alex.
>
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