FRACTALS

Abegail E. Tan Candy Klier A.

Desamparado
Eumae Rose T. Bontuan
“Clouds are not spheres,
mountains are not cones,
coastlines are not circles, and bark
is not smooth, nor does lightning
travel in a straight line.”
-Benolt Mandelbrot
CONTENT
 Overview
 Properties
 Uses of Fractals
 Examples of Fractals
 Application
What are Fractals?
 A fractal is a never-ending pattern. Fractals are infinitely
complex patterns that are self-similar across different scales.
They are created by repeating a simple process over and over
in ongoing feedback loop.
 The name “fractals” is derived from the fact that fractals
don’t have a whole number dimension- they have a fractional
dimension.
 Is a geometric shape or figure that is repeated within itself in a
smaller scale.
 They look the same at various different scales- you can take a
small extract of the shape and it looks the same as the entire
shape. This curious property is called “self-similarity”.
PROPERTIES

SELF-SIMILARITY
-having the same shapes

NON-INTEGER DIEMENSION
-deals with object of integer dimensions.
(zero dimensional points, one dimensional line and curves, two dimensional plane figures, and etc.)
USES OF FRACTALS

1. STREET SYSTEMS
- Transportation networks with fractal layouts may allow cities to expand
efficiently, thereby relieving high population densities. The researchers
found that more densely developed cities, like New York and Tokyo,
had higher fractal dimensions.
2. IMAGE COMPRESSION
- Computers can take advantage of recurring fractal patterns to compress
images. A fractal compression program identifies large image patterns and
then searches for those patterns on smaller and smaller scales, using
these redundancies to reduce space.
Fractal compression can produce images that are less pixilated than
its main competitor, JPEG compression, because it can fill in details on
smaller scales without depending on image resolution.
3. ART APPRECIATION
-Researchers found that people enjoyed works of art with fractal complexity,
which they measured using the fractal measuring techniques.
4. MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS
-Healthy heartbeats demonstrated fractal complexity, which Goldberger
believes indicates a healthy ability to respond to stressors. He thinks doctors
could eventually use fractal analysis to help diagnose heart problems.
5. THE STOCK MARKET
- According to the father of fractals, fractuations follow fractal geometry,
he has created fractal-based financial models that better account for
extreme events than the tradition portfolio theory which is based on a
normal bell curved.
 EXAMPLES OF FRACTALS
The TWO FAMOUS FRACTALS:

Sierpinski Gasket Von Koch Snowflake

Menger Sponge Mandel Bulb
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