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A Short Exposition on Dimensions and Fractal Dimensions

June 30, 1993

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Thomas J. McFarlane Dimensions A dimension is a direction of freedom. We speak of space as having three dimensions because there are three independent directions in which we are free to move and because positions in space can be specified by exactly three measurements. A surface, such as sphere, has two dimensions because there are […]

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Thomas McFarlane is the author of Einstein and Buddha: The Parallel Sayings. A graduate of Stanford University in physics, he also holds advanced degrees in mathematics and in philosophy and religion. He is a US patent agent and founder of a Silicon Valley patent firm. View author profile on Google+

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