Mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot's term for shapes that are "self-similar," appearing the same at different magnifications. A fractal can be created by duplicating a shape successively according to a set of rules. The results can be complex structures, which resemble seemly random-shaped things in nature, such as clouds, trees, and mountains. An application of fractals is to represent complex imagery in very concise algorithms. 


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