FRACTALS
ISSN：0218-348X E-ISSN：1793-6543 出版商：World Scientific 国家：SINGAPORE 周期：Quarterly
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The investigation of phenomena involving complex geometry| patterns and scaling has gone through a spectacular development and applications in the past decades. For this relatively short time| geometrical and/or temporal scaling have been shown to represent the common aspects of many processes occurring in an unusually diverse range of fields including physics| mathematics| biology| chemistry| economics| engineering and technology| and human behavior. As a rule| the complex nature of a phenomenon is manifested in the underlying intricate geometry which in most of the cases can be described in terms of objects with non-integer (fractal) dimension. In other cases| the distribution of events in time or various other quantities show specific scaling behavior| thus providing a better understanding of the relevant factors determining the given processes. Using fractal geometry and scaling as a language in the related theoretical| numerical and experimental investigations| it has been possible to get a deeper insight into previously intractable problems. Among many others| a better understanding of growth phenomena| turbulence| iterative functions| colloidal aggregation| biological pattern formation| stock markets and inhomogeneous materials has emerged through the application of such concepts as scale invariance| self-affinity and multifractality. The main challenge of the journal devoted exclusively to the above kinds of phenomena lies in its interdisciplinary nature; it is our commitment to bring together the most recent developments in these fields so that a fruitful interaction of various approaches and scientific views on complex spatial and temporal behaviors in both nature and society could take place.
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