Rescaled range analysis and the fractal dimension of pi

P. Vanouplines

Fractals and fractal dimension

In this chapter, an introduction is given to fractals. The reader will not find a complete textbook about fractals. That complete description can be found in many existing monographs. Instead, a functional description is given, with a view to the main subject of this paper.

The reader who is already acquainted with the matter of fractals, may take a quick look at the following paragraphs:

• What are fractals?
• What is the fractal dimension?
• Computation of the fractal dimension of a profile-like curve

(a closer look at the last paragraph in the above list is advised to any reader)

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