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Geek Culture / What is Fractal Geometry and what can it be used for ?

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Keemo1000
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Posted: 4th Feb 2006 11:26
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Searched the net but couldnt find an answer that explains it, so is fractal geometry ? And what are fractals ? Can we make use of them in real life, or are they just some impossible math gallery works ? And more importantly, can we create/generate/learn more/or even use fractal geometry in dbp ?



In DBP - 3D is easier than 2D , 2 player is easier than Single player , Dont you think life rocks .. ?
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David T
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Posted: 4th Feb 2006 12:15
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From what I've seen they're just pretty patterns that have some nice mathematical properties.

My favourite is the one where you take a triangle, and draw a smaller triangle on each side. Then do the same for each side of the new shape. And again. And again.

You can mathematically prove the area of the shape is a contant as the number of triangles approaches infinity (its the sum to infinity of a geometric series).


Can you draw them in dbp? Of course. Just need to find out how they're drawn then use the line / dot / ink commands.

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Pincho Paxton
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They are more useful than just as patterns. Jpg is made up from fractals. The internet depends on them to be fast. Jpg takes an image, and looks for copies of that image. It rotates the images in four directions, and then remembers where to put each one.

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TKF15H
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Posted: 4th Feb 2006 13:20
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Here is an example of it being used in games.

DC emulator code size: 2.97B, 232,320 lines... yes, that went down. 15% done.
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