Numerical investigations of discrete scale invariance in fractals and multifractal measures

Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications

Volumn 388, Issue 13, 2009, Pages 2623-2639

  Zhou, Wei Xing ^a,b,c   Sornette, Didier ^d,e  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^d ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Complex dimensions; Discrete scale invariance; Fractal and multifractal; Log periodicity; Numerical simulations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; PHYSICS;

COMPLEX DIMENSIONS; COMPLEX EXPONENTS; DISCRETE SCALE INVARIANCES; FRACTALS AND MULTI-FRACTALS; LOG-PERIODICITY; MULTI FRACTALS; NUMERICAL APPROACHES; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS;

FRACTALS;

EID: 64749096676     PISSN: 03784371     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2009.03.023     Document Type: Article

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