Where is Benoit Mandelbrot now?
2006-08-25 14:25:39 · 4 answers · asked by D M 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Physics
compression of images...
"Fractal compression is a lossy compression method used to compress images using fractals. The method is best suited for photographs of natural scenes (trees, mountains, ferns, clouds). The fractal compression technique relies on the fact that in certain images, parts of the image resemble other parts of the same image."
2006-08-25 14:46:07 · answer #1 · answered by Mac 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They make really cool screensavers and can be used to sell lots of software! You don't think that making money is practical...?
(Don't worry about finding Mandelbrot. I'M still looking for Sierpinski and Menger...!)
BTW, nice name.
2006-08-25 14:28:27 · answer #2 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well mapping in satellite details of course.
i suspect that the extra dimensions offered in string theory are best fleshed out with fractal geometries.
they are 'order of magnitude' geometries, like the small dimensions string theory provides for.,
2006-08-25 14:34:21 · answer #3 · answered by emptiedfull 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Understanding of growth, like trees and crystal formation, pharmaceutical manufacture, unlimited receptors in chemical chains....
2006-08-25 16:01:50 · answer #4 · answered by Emee 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋