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- From: hassink@cs.UAlberta.CA (Hassink Brian John)
- Subject: Re: Fractal Universe
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- References: <1992Dec18.175134.1@venus.iteb.serpukhov.su> <1992Dec21.163511.7862@unocal.com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 1992 22:40:11 GMT
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- stgprao@st.unocal.COM (Richard Ottolini) writes:
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- >In article <1992Dec18.175134.1@venus.iteb.serpukhov.su> kolombet@venus.iteb.serpukhov.su writes:
- >>Does anybody know somewhat about the term "Fractal Universe"?
- >>I want to obtain references to sci. papers too.
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- >It is in Mandelbrot's book on the Fractal Geometry of Nature.
- >The clumping of galaxies appears to be fractal.
- >It is also another way of resolving Olber's paradox that the night sky
- >in a sufficiently old universe should be as bright as the surface of
- >the Sun.
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- Well, the earth would have to be equidistant from the sun and other nearby
- stars for this to be true. And if this were the case, all sorts of frightful
- things would happen to us :)
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