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Crystallization of space: Space-time fractals from fractal arithmetic

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology 2016-01-20 v3 Mathematical Physics math.MP Quantum Physics

Abstract

Fractals such as the Cantor set can be equipped with intrinsic arithmetic operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) that map the fractal into itself. The arithmetics allows one to define calculus and algebra intrinsic to the fractal in question, and one can formulate classical and quantum physics within the fractal set. In particular, fractals in space-time can be generated by means of homogeneous spaces associated with appropriate Lie groups. The construction is illustrated by explicit examples.

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@article{arxiv.1506.00487,
  title  = {Crystallization of space: Space-time fractals from fractal arithmetic},
  author = {Diederik Aerts and Marek Czachor and Maciej Kuna},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1506.00487},
  year   = {2016}
}

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version accepted in Chaos, Solitons & Fractals