Coastline paradox
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coastline-paradox-166-6245094
title:
Coastline paradox
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The coastline paradox is the counterintuitive observation that the coastline of a landmass does not have a well-defined length. This results from the fractal curve–like properties of coastlines; i.e., the fact that a coastline typically has a fractal dimension. Although the "paradox of length" was previously noted by Hugo Steinhaus, the first systematic study of this phenomenon was by Lewis Fry Richardson, and it was expanded upon by Benoit Mandelbrot. The measured length of the coastline depend
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Counterintuitive observation that the coastline of a landmass does not have a well-defined length
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coastline_paradox
date created:
2006-05-28T21:32:28Z
date modified:
2024-08-29T19:25:27Z
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