Biology, asked by yeetthatorange, 8 months ago

Why don't scientists use the fractal concepts more considering that the fractals are everywhere?

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Answered by orangejuicetm121
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First of all, fractals are not everywhere. Fractals are shapes that are self-similar in nontrivial ways at several different scales, such as the shape of a tree's branches or a coastline. The arrangements of atoms in typical bulk solids are not fractal; they are crystalline. The shapes of large astronomical bodies are roughly spherical and not fractal. The structures of polymers are chain-like, the shapes of laser light waves are sinusoidal, the orbits of asteroids are elliptical, and the patterns of honeycombs are hexagonal lattices. None of these shapes are fractal.

More importantly, scientists use fractal concepts infrequently because fractals are descriptive and not prescriptive. In other words, fractal concepts can convey the general shape of a tree, but can't tell you why the tree has this shape. For such information, you have to dig deeper into the underlying biology. Since science is mostly concerned with discovering the underlying physical principles at work, and not just describing the shapes of things

Answered by hallodarknessmyold
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Answer:

because fractals aren't so important

they're often better used trifarcts

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