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The most relevant tools of fractal geometry are introduced, and several classes of mathematical frameworks which generate fractal configurations dynamically (in space-time as well as in parameter spaces) are examined.
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Perdang, J.M. (1991). Geometry and Dynamics of Fractal Sets. In: Heck, A., Perdang, J.M. (eds) Applying Fractals in Astronomy. Lecture Notes in Physics Monographs, vol 3. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47582-8_1
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