Fractal geometry: What is it, and what does it do! (English) Zbl 0746.00012
The paper is of philosophical character. The author discusses the importance of the language of fractals in artistic, mathematical, historical, practical and scientific problems.
Reviewer: E.Gomozov (Khar’kov)
MSC:
00A30 | Philosophy of mathematics |
00A99 | General and miscellaneous specific topics |
28A80 | Fractals |
37D45 | Strange attractors, chaotic dynamics of systems with hyperbolic behavior |
70K50 | Bifurcations and instability for nonlinear problems in mechanics |