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Fractals MeSH Descriptor Data 2024


MeSH Heading
Fractals
Tree Number(s)
E05.599.125
G17.290
Unique ID
D017709
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017709
Annotation
patterns which look similar at different magnifications; used in math & theoret models
Scope Note
Patterns (real or mathematical) which look similar at different scales, for example the network of airways in the lung which shows similar branching patterns at progressively higher magnifications. Natural fractals are self-similar across a finite range of scales while mathematical fractals are the same across an infinite range. Many natural, including biological, structures are fractal (or fractal-like). Fractals are related to chaos (see NONLINEAR DYNAMICS) in that chaotic processes can produce fractal structures in nature, and appropriate representations of chaotic processes usually reveal self-similarity over time.
See Also
Nonlinear Dynamics
Public MeSH Note
94
History Note
94
Date Established
1994/01/01
Date of Entry
1992/12/28
Revision Date
2008/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers
Fractals Preferred
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