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  2. Self-similarity - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a self-similar object is exactly or approximately similar to a part of itself (i.e., the whole has the same shape as one or more of the parts). Many objects in the real world, such as coastlines , are statistically self-similar: parts of them show the same statistical properties at many scales. [ 2 ]

  3. Sample entropy - Wikipedia

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    Like approximate entropy (ApEn), Sample entropy (SampEn) is a measure of complexity. [1] But it does not include self-similar patterns as ApEn does. For a given embedding dimension, tolerance and number of data points, SampEn is the negative natural logarithm of the probability that if two sets of simultaneous data points of length have distance < then two sets of simultaneous data points of ...

  4. Self-assembled monolayer - Wikipedia

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    Self-assembled monolayers (SAM) of organic molecules are molecular assemblies formed spontaneously on surfaces by adsorption and are organized into more or less large ordered domains. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In some cases molecules that form the monolayer do not interact strongly with the substrate.

  5. Dragon curve - Wikipedia

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    Heighway dragon curve. A dragon curve is any member of a family of self-similar fractal curves, which can be approximated by recursive methods such as Lindenmayer systems.The dragon curve is probably most commonly thought of as the shape that is generated from repeatedly folding a strip of paper in half, although there are other curves that are called dragon curves that are generated differently.

  6. Pell number - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the Pell numbers are an infinite sequence of integers, known since ancient times, that comprise the denominators of the closest rational approximations to the square root of 2. This sequence of approximations begins ⁠ 1 / 1 ⁠ , ⁠ 3 / 2 ⁠ , ⁠ 7 / 5 ⁠ , ⁠ 17 / 12 ⁠ , and ⁠ 41 / 29 ⁠ , so the sequence of Pell ...

  7. Sum of two cubes - Wikipedia

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    A Taxicab number is the smallest positive number that can be expressed as a sum of two positive integer cubes in n distinct ways. The smallest taxicab number after Ta(1) = 1, is Ta(2) = 1729, [4] expressed as

  8. Ulam spiral - Wikipedia

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    By the prime number theorem, this formula with A set equal to one is the asymptotic number of primes less than n expected in a random set of numbers having the same density as the set of numbers of the form ax 2 + bx + c.

  9. Diffraction from slits - Wikipedia

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    Because diffraction is the result of addition of all waves (of given wavelength) along all unobstructed paths, the usual procedure is to consider the contribution of an infinitesimally small neighborhood around a certain path (this contribution is usually called a wavelet) and then integrate over all paths (= add all wavelets) from the source to the detector (or given point on a screen).