http://www.carloangiuli.com/blog/archives/152 Mon, 04 Jul 2011 01:20:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.carloangiuli.com/blog/archives/152/comment-page-1#comment-573 Sido Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:25:32 +0000 http://www.carloangiuli.com/blog/archives/152#comment-573 I think that fractals are very pretty: they are something not terribly difficult to understand, and when appropriately colored they are exceedingly complex and simple at the same time. Arguably, they are infinitely complex because they have infinite detail. Another fun part of mathematics besides beauty is figuring something out on your own, like when I derived the formula for arc length on my own (not super-rigorously, but it checks out). I think that fractals are very pretty: they are something not terribly difficult to understand, and when appropriately colored they are exceedingly complex and simple at the same time. Arguably, they are infinitely complex because they have infinite detail.
Another fun part of mathematics besides beauty is figuring something out on your own, like when I derived the formula for arc length on my own (not super-rigorously, but it checks out).

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