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FRACTAL SET [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1994-06-01
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Mathematics
- Computer Graphics
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- fractal set
1, record 1, English, fractal%20set
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The combination fractal set will be defined vigorously, but the combination natural fractal will serve loosely to designate a natural pattern that is usefully representable by a fractal set. For example, Brownian curves are fractal sets, and physical Brownian motion is a natural fractal. 2, record 1, English, - fractal%20set
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Mathématiques
- Infographie
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- ensemble fractal
1, record 1, French, ensemble%20fractal
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Ensemble mathématique dont la dimension fractale est égale ou supérieure à sa dimension topologique. 2, record 1, French, - ensemble%20fractal
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Définition proposée en 1977 par B. Mandelbrot, qu'il a abandonnée depuis. Comme le concept de chaos, le concept d'ensemble fractal ne possède pas encore de définition généralement admise. Les progrès de la géométrie fractale ne cessent d'offrir de nouvelles fractales qui échappent aux définitions existantes. Les fractalistes considèrent que la question de définition ne devra se poser que lorsque la théorie sera stabilisée. 2, record 1, French, - ensemble%20fractal
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 PHR
L'ensemble fractal apparaît, forme des structures, possède la fractalité. 2, record 1, French, - ensemble%20fractal
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 PHR
agrandir, calculer, construire, déterminer, visualiser un ensemble fractal. 2, record 1, French, - ensemble%20fractal
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 3 PHR
ensemble fractal borné, discontinu, doublement connecté, dyadique, fermé, homogène, homothétique, hyperbolique, impropre, invariant, lacunaire, mince, non borné, ouvert, parfait, périodique, récurrent, quaternionique, quadratique, simplement connecté. 2, record 1, French, - ensemble%20fractal
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 4 PHR
ensemble fractal de Hutchinson, de Lévy, d'un système dynamique, de translation linéaire/symétrique, de turbulence, d'intégration, d'intérieur vide. 2, record 1, French, - ensemble%20fractal
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 5 PHR
frontière, grossissement, squelette d'un ensemble fractal. 2, record 1, French, - ensemble%20fractal
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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