Investing Glossary:
Fractal Dimension
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Campbell R. Harvey. All Rights Reserved.
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| A number that quantitatively describes how an object fills its space. In Euclidean, or Plane geometry, objects are solid and continuous. That is, they have no holes or gaps. As such, they have integer dimensions. Fractals are rough and often discontinuous, like a wiffle ball, and so have fractional, or Fractal dimensions.
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