Fractals?

Chaos Theory?
Fractals and Chaos Theory

Fractals and Chaos Theory

Youbin Seol

KAIST

Physical Mathematics I
Fall 2008

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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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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

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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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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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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Chaotic System

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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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Usage of Chaos Theory

Natural Phenomena
Meteorology
Astronomy
Biology
Quantum Mechanics
Social Phenomena
Economics

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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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Lorenz Attractor

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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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Chaos Theory

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Chaos Theory ⇒ Irregularity

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Chaos Theory ⇒ Irregularity ⇒ Regularity

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Chaos Theory ⇒ Irregularity ⇒ Regularity

Self-Similarity
Recursion

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Chaos Theory ⇒ Irregularity ⇒ Regularity

Self-Similarity
Recursion
⇒ Fractals

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Strange Attractors

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Strange Attractors

Attractors that can have great detail and complexity because of

chaotic behavior

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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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Julia Sets

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