What is Self-similarity?
[[File:Feigenbaumzoom.gif|thumb|Self similarity around the [[Feigenbaum point]] in the [[Mandelbrot set]]]] [[File:Romanesco.jpg|thumb|[[Cauliflower]] shows [[fractal]] structures and [[fibonacci]]-spirals.]] Something is '''self-similar''' if it is [[similar]] (or very close) to a part of itself.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Self-Similarity.html |title=Self-Similarity - from Wolfram MathWorld |publisher=Mathworld.wolfram.com |date=2011-10-24 |accessdate=2011-10-30}}</ref> For example, the [[Mandelbrot set]] is self-similar as it contains an infinite number of almost exact copies of itself. == References == {{reflist}} {{math-stub}} [[Category:Fractals]]