− | *分形(英语:fractal,源自拉丁语:frāctus,有“零碎”、“破裂”之意),又称碎形、残形,通常被定义为“一个粗糙或零碎的几何形状,可以分成数个部分,且每一部分都(至少近似地)是整体缩小后的形状”,即具有自相似的性质。 分形在数学中是一种抽象的物体,用于描述自然界中存在的事物。人工分形通常在放大后能展现出相似的形状。 分形也被称为扩展对称或展开对称。如果在每次放大后,形状的重复是完全相同的,这被称为自相似。 | + | *分形(英语:fractal,源自拉丁语:frāctus,有“零碎”、“破裂”之意),又称碎形、残形,通常被定义为“一个粗糙或零碎的几何形状,可以分成数个部分,且每一部分都(至少近似地)是整体缩小后的形状”,即具有自相似的性质。 分形在数学中是一种抽象的物体,用于描述自然界中存在的事物。人工分形通常在放大后能展现出相似的形状。 分形也被称为扩展对称或展开对称。如果在每次放大后,形状的重复是完全相同的,这被称为自相似。分形与其他几何图形相似但又有所不同。当你缩放一个图形时,你就能看出分形和其他几何图形的区别。将一个多边形的边长加倍,它的面积变为原来的四倍。新的边长与旧边长相比增加了 2 倍,而面积增加了 4 倍。平面内的多边形在二维空间中,指数 2 刚好是多边形所在的二维空间的维数。类似的,对于三维空间中的球,如果它的半径加倍,则它的体积变为原来的 8 倍,指数 3 依旧是球所在空间的维数。如果将分形的一维长度加倍,此时不一定是以整数的幂进行缩放。 |
| *元定理(metatheorem)A notable early citation is Quine's 1937 use of the word "metatheorem",[6] where meta- has the modern meaning of "an X about X". (Note earlier uses of "meta-economics" and even "metaphysics" do not have this doubled conceptual structure – they are about or beyond X but they do not themselves constitute an X).Douglas Hofstadter, in his 1979 book Gödel, Escher, Bach (and in the sequel, Metamagical Themas), popularized this meaning of the term. The book, which deals with self-reference and strange loops, and touches on Quine and his work, was influential in many computer-related subcultures and may be responsible for the popularity of the prefix, for its use as a solo term, and for the many recent coinages which use it.[7] Hofstadter uses meta as a stand-alone word, as an adjective and as a directional preposition ("going meta," a term he coins for the old rhetorical trick of taking a debate or analysis to another level of abstraction, as when somebody says "This debate isn't going anywhere"). This book may also be responsible for the association of "meta" with strange loops, as opposed to just abstraction.[citation needed] The sentence "This sentence contains thirty-six letters," and the sentence which embeds it, are examples of "metasentences" referencing themselves in this way. | | *元定理(metatheorem)A notable early citation is Quine's 1937 use of the word "metatheorem",[6] where meta- has the modern meaning of "an X about X". (Note earlier uses of "meta-economics" and even "metaphysics" do not have this doubled conceptual structure – they are about or beyond X but they do not themselves constitute an X).Douglas Hofstadter, in his 1979 book Gödel, Escher, Bach (and in the sequel, Metamagical Themas), popularized this meaning of the term. The book, which deals with self-reference and strange loops, and touches on Quine and his work, was influential in many computer-related subcultures and may be responsible for the popularity of the prefix, for its use as a solo term, and for the many recent coinages which use it.[7] Hofstadter uses meta as a stand-alone word, as an adjective and as a directional preposition ("going meta," a term he coins for the old rhetorical trick of taking a debate or analysis to another level of abstraction, as when somebody says "This debate isn't going anywhere"). This book may also be responsible for the association of "meta" with strange loops, as opposed to just abstraction.[citation needed] The sentence "This sentence contains thirty-six letters," and the sentence which embeds it, are examples of "metasentences" referencing themselves in this way. |