Why does Saudi Arabia look similar to the mandelbrot set on google maps?

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Why does Saudi Arabia look similar to the mandelbrot set on google maps?

There seems to be information, and the landscape resembles this powerful graphical representation of chaos.

2007-02-05 01:12:31 · 1 answers · asked by Lobo Mike 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Earth Sciences & Geology

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It's just coincidence. Remember that the Mandelbrot set is just a collection of equations. How it looks is totally dependent of how one chooses to graph it into a visual form.

2007-02-05 01:52:32 · answer #1 · answered by Gene 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋