A fractal is a figure or object that contains copies of itself at smaller scales.
Fractals are geometric figures, just like rectangles, circles and squares, but fractals have special properties that those figures do not have.
You could try to measure the length of a fractal in meters, but if you then measured it in centimeters, you’d get a larger measurement; if you then measured it in millimeters, you’d get even a larger measurement, and so on. You could even measure it with infinitesimally small gauges, and the length would be infinitely long. That's a fractal.
The most famous fractal is the sierpinski tringle. (look at the picture)
Fractals are geometric figures, just like rectangles, circles and squares, but fractals have special properties that those figures do not have.
You could try to measure the length of a fractal in meters, but if you then measured it in centimeters, you’d get a larger measurement; if you then measured it in millimeters, you’d get even a larger measurement, and so on. You could even measure it with infinitesimally small gauges, and the length would be infinitely long. That's a fractal.
The most famous fractal is the sierpinski tringle. (look at the picture)
