Self-similarity
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Something is self-similar if it is similar (or very close) to a part of itself.[1] For example, the Mandelbrot set is self-similar as it contains an infinite number of almost exact copies of itself.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ "Self-Similarity - from Wolfram MathWorld". Mathworld.wolfram.com. 2011-10-24. Retrieved 2011-10-30.