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[Fwd: Re: negative dimensions]

[Fwd: Re: negative dimensions]  
Roger Bagula
From:Roger Bagula
Subject:[Fwd: Re: negative dimensions]
Date:Sun, 14 Nov 2004 20:07:22 GMT


-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: negative dimensions
Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 09:49:40 -0500
From: "G. A. Edgar"
Reply-To: edgar@math.ohio-state.edu.invalid
Organization: Ohio State Univ
Newsgroups: sci.math
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In article , Stewart Robert Hinsley
<{$news$}@meden.demon.co.uk> wrote:

> The latest New Scientist has an interview with Benoit Mandelbrot in
> which he talks about negative dimensions (as a measure of how empty a
> set is).
> > Could someone explain this to me, please. (Note: my knowledge of
> mathematics is limited.)

Some past posts...

http://mathforum.org/discuss/sci.math/m/277358/277370
http://mathforum.org/discuss/sci.math/m/101851/101854

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