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A '''fractal''' is a [[design]] which contains in detail a shape which looks like the whole. This can be repeated ''add infinitum'', meaning that fractals do not cease in their [[similarity]].
 
A '''fractal''' is a [[design]] which contains in detail a shape which looks like the whole. This can be repeated ''add infinitum'', meaning that fractals do not cease in their [[similarity]].
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The fractal nature of some plants has convinced many people that God must have designed the natural world (see [[fern]]s).{{fact}} The leaves of a fern are shaped very much like the frond.  
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The fractal nature of some plants has convinced many people that God must have designed the natural world (see [[fern]]s). The leaves of a fern are shaped very much like the frond.  
    
*Fractals have been studied by mathematicians for over a century. The name was coined by [[Benoit Mandelbrot]], a mathematician at [[Yale University]]. He calls fractals the "geometry of nature." [http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/fractal.html]
 
*Fractals have been studied by mathematicians for over a century. The name was coined by [[Benoit Mandelbrot]], a mathematician at [[Yale University]]. He calls fractals the "geometry of nature." [http://www.wsu.edu/DrUniverse/fractal.html]
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