Fractals?
Chaos Theory?
Fractals and Chaos Theory
Fractals and Chaos Theory
Youbin Seol
KAIST
Physical Mathematics I
Fall 2008
Youbin Seol Fractals and Chaos Theory
Fractals?
Chaos Theory?
Fractals and Chaos Theory
Table of Contents
1 Fractals?
What are fractals?
Self-Similarity
Decimal Dimension
Examples
2 Chaos Theory?
What is chaos theory?
Chaotic System
Usage of Chaos Theory
Examples
3 Fractals and Chaos Theory
Relationship between Fractals and Chaos Theory
Examples
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Fractals?
What are fractals?
Chaos Theory?
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What are fractals?
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What are fractals?
”A rough or fragmented geometric shape that can be split
into parts, each of which is a reduced-size copy of the whole.”
By Benoit Mandelbrot in 1975.
Derived from the Latin fractus meaning ”broken” or
”fractured.”
A mathematical fractal is based on an equation that
undergoes iteration, a form of feedback based on recursion.
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Properties of Fractals
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Properties of Fractals
Fine Structure
Irregularity
Self-Similarity
Decimal Dimension
Simple and Recursive Definition.
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Self-Similarity
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Self-Similarity
A property that one is exactly or approximately similar to a part of
itself
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Decimal Dimension
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Decimal Dimension
Fractals have properties of more than one dimension.
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Koch Snowflake
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Koch Snowflake
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Koch Snowflake
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Koch Snowflake
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Koch Snowflake
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Koch Snowflake
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Koch Snowflake
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Koch Snowflake
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Sierpinski Triangle
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Sierpinski Triangle
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Sierpinski Triangle
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Sierpinski Triangle
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Sierpinski Triangle
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Sierpinski Triangle
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Sierpinski Triangle
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Sierpinski Pyramid
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Menger Sponge
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Mandelbrot Set
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Mandelbrot Set
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Mandelbrot Set
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Chaos Theory?
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Chaos Theory?
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Chaos Theory?
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What is chaos theory?
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Chaos Theory?
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What is chaos theory?
A theory that explains the phenomena which just seem to be
unstable and irregular, but actually ordered and regular
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Chaos Theory?
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Chaotic System
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Chaos Theory?
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Chaotic System
For a dynamical system to be classified as chaotic, it must have
the following properties
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Chaotic System
For a dynamical system to be classified as chaotic, it must have
the following properties
Sensitive to Initial Conditions
Topologically Mixing
Dense Periodic Orbits
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Usage of Chaos Theory
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Natural Phenomena
Meteorology
Astronomy
Biology
Quantum Mechanics
Social Phenomena
Economics
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Chaos Theory?
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Butterfly Effect
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Butterfly Effect
”Does the Flap of a Butterflys Wings in Brazil set off a Tornado in
Texas?”
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Chaos Theory?
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Lorenz Attractor
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Chaos Theory?
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Roessler Attractor
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Chaos in Nature
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Chaos in Nature
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Chaos in Economy
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Relationship between Fractals and Chaos Theory
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Chaos Theory
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Relationship between Fractals and Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory ⇒ Irregularity
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Fractals?
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Relationship between Fractals and Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory ⇒ Irregularity ⇒ Regularity
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Chaos Theory ⇒ Irregularity ⇒ Regularity
Self-Similarity
Recursion
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Relationship between Fractals and Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory ⇒ Irregularity ⇒ Regularity
Self-Similarity
Recursion
⇒ Fractals
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Relationship between Fractals and Chaos Theory
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Strange Attractors
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Relationship between Fractals and Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory?
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Strange Attractors
Attractors that can have great detail and complexity because of
chaotic behavior
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Relationship between Fractals and Chaos Theory
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Strange Attractors
Attractors that can have great detail and complexity because of
chaotic behavior
Fractal Shape
Henon Attractor
Roessler Attractor
Lorenz Attractor
Tamari Attractor
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Relationship between Fractals and Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory?
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Julia Sets
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