List of fractals by Hausdorff dimension

According to Falconer, one of the essential features of a fractal is that its Hausdorff dimension strictly exceeds its topological dimension. Presented here is a list of fractals ordered by increasing Hausdorff dimension, with the purpose of visualizing what it means for a fractal to have a low or a high dimension.

Deterministic fractals

Hausdorff dimension (exact value)	Hausdorff dimension (approx.)	Name	Illustration	Remarks
	0.5	Zeros of a Wiener process	A single realization of a one-dimensional Wiener process	The zeros of a Wiener process (Brownian motion).
Calculated	0.538	Feigenbaum attractor		The Feigenbaum attractor (see between arrows) is the set of points generated by successive iterations of the logistic function for the critical parameter value $\scriptstyle {\lambda _{\infty }=3.570}$, where the period doubling is infinite. Notice that this dimension is the same for any differentiable and unimodal function.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(2)}{\log(3)}}$	0.6309	Cantor set		Built by removing the central third at each iteration. Nowhere dense and not a countable set.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(\scriptstyle \varphi )}{\log(2)}}={\frac {\log(1+{\sqrt {5}})}{\log(2)}}-1}$	0.6942	Asymmetric Cantor set		Note that the dimension is not $\textstyle {\frac {\log(2)}{\log(3)}}$. Built by removing the second quarter at each iteration. Nowhere dense and not a countable set. $\scriptstyle \varphi =(1+{\sqrt {5}})/2$ (golden ratio).
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(5)}{\log(10)}}$	0.69897	Real numbers with even digits		Similar to a Cantor set.
$\log {(1+{\sqrt {2}})}$	0.88137	Spectrum of Fibonacci Hamiltonian		The study the spectrum of the Fibonacci Hamiltonian proves upper and lower bounds for its fractal dimension in the large coupling regime. These bounds show that the spectrum converges to an explicit constant.
$\textstyle {-{\frac {\log(2)}{\log({\frac {1-\gamma }{2}})}}}$	0<D<1	Generalized Cantor set		Built by removing at the $m$th iteration the central interval of length $\gamma ^{m}$ from each remaining segment. At $\gamma ={\frac {1}{3}}$ one obtains the usual Cantor set. Varying $\gamma$ between 0 and 1 yields any fractal dimension $0<D<1$.
$\textstyle {1}$	1	Smith–Volterra–Cantor set		Built by removing a central interval of length $1/2^{2n}$ of each remaining interval at the nth iteration. Nowhere dense but has a Lebesgue measure of ½.
$\textstyle {2+{\frac {\log(1/2)}{\log(2)}}=1}$	1	Takagi or Blancmange curve		Defined on the unit interval by $\textstyle {f(x)=\sum _{n=0}^{\infty }{s(2^{n}x) \over 2^{n}}}$, where $s(x)$ is the sawtooth function. Special case of the Takahi-Landsberg curve: $\textstyle {f(x)=\sum _{n=0}^{\infty }{w^{n}s(2^{n}x)}}$ with $\scriptstyle {w=1/2}$. The Hausdorff dimension equals $2+log(w)/log(2)$ for $w$ in $\scriptstyle {\left[1/2,1\right]}$. (Hunt cited by Mandelbrot ).
Calculated	1.0812	Julia set z² + 1/4		Julia set for c = 1/4.
Solution s of $2|\alpha |^{3s}+|\alpha |^{4s}=1$	1.0933	Boundary of the Rauzy fractal		Fractal representation introduced by G.Rauzy of the dynamics associated to the Tribonacci morphism: $\scriptstyle {1\mapsto 12}$, $\scriptstyle {2\mapsto 13}$ and $\scriptstyle {3}\mapsto 1$..$\alpha$ is one of the conjugated roots of $z^{3}-z^{2}-z-1=0$.
$\textstyle {2{\frac {\ln(3)}{\ln(7)}}}$	1.12915	contour of the Gosper island		Term used by Mandelbrot (1977). The Gosper island is the limit of the Gosper curve.
Measured (box counting)	1.2	Dendrite Julia set		Julia set for parameters: Real = 0 and Imaginary = 1.
$\textstyle {3{\frac {\log(\varphi )}{\log \left({\frac {3+{\sqrt {13}}}{2}}\right)}}}$	1.2083	Fibonacci word fractal 60°		Build from the Fibonacci word. See also the standard Fibonacci word fractal. $\scriptstyle \varphi =(1+{\sqrt {5}})/2$ (golden ratio).
	1.2107	Boundary of the tame twindragon		One of the six 2-rep-tiles in the plane (can be tiled by two copies of itself, of equal size)..
	1.26	Hénon map		The canonical Hénon map (with parameters a = 1.4 and b = 0.3) has Hausdorff dimension 1.261 ± 0.003. Different parameters yield different dimension values.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(4)}{\log(3)}}$	1.2619	Koch curve		3 von Koch curves form the Koch snowflake or the anti-snowflake.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(4)}{\log(3)}}$	1.2619	boundary of Terdragon curve		L-system: same as dragon curve with angle = 30°. The Fudgeflake is based on 3 initial segments placed in a triangle.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(4)}{\log(3)}}$	1.2619	2D Cantor dust		Cantor set in 2 dimensions.
Calculated	1.2683	Julia set z2 − 1		Julia set for c = −1.
	1.3057	Apollonian gasket		Starting with 3 tangent circles, repeatedly packing new circles into the complementary interstices. Also the limit set generated by reflections in 4 mutually tangent circles. see
Calculated (Box counting)	1.328	5 circles inversion fractal		The limit set generated by iterated inversions with respect to 5 mutually tangent circles (in red). Also an Apollonian packing. See
Calculated	1.3934	Douady rabbit		Julia set for c = −0,123 + 0.745i.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(5)}{\log(3)}}$	1.4649	Vicsek fractal		Built by exchanging iteratively each square by a cross of 5 squares.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(5)}{\log(3)}}$	1.4649	Quadratic von Koch curve (type 1)		One can recognize the pattern of the Vicsek fractal (above).
$\textstyle {2-{\frac {\log({\sqrt {2}})}{\log(2)}}={\frac {3}{2}}}$ (conjectured exact)	1.5000	a Weierstrass function: $\textstyle {f(x)=\sum _{k=1}^{\infty }{\frac {\sin(2^{k}x)}{{\sqrt {2}}^{k}}}}$		The Hausdorff dimension of the Weierstrass function $\scriptstyle {f:[0,1]\to \mathbb {R} }$ defined by $\textstyle {f(x)=\sum _{k=1}^{\infty }{\frac {\sin(b^{k}x)}{a^{k}}}}$ with $1<a<2$ and $b>1$ has upper bound $\scriptstyle {2-\log(a)/\log(b)}$. It is believed to be the exact value. The same result can be established when, instead of the sine function, we use other periodic functions, like cosine.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(8)}{\log(4)}}={\frac {3}{2}}}$	1.5000	Quadratic von Koch curve (type 2)		Also called "Minkowski sausage".
$\textstyle {\frac {\log \left({\frac {1+{\sqrt[{3}]{73-6{\sqrt {87}}}}+{\sqrt[{3}]{73+6{\sqrt {87}}}}}{3}}\right)}{\log(2)}}$	1.5236	Boundary of the Dragon curve		cf. Chang & Zhang.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log \left({\frac {1+{\sqrt[{3}]{73-6{\sqrt {87}}}}+{\sqrt[{3}]{73+6{\sqrt {87}}}}}{3}}\right)}{\log(2)}}$	1.5236	Boundary of the twindragon curve		Can be built with two dragon curves. One of the six 2-rep-tiles in the plane (can be tiled by two copies of itself, of equal size)..
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(3)}{\log(2)}}$	1.585	3-branches tree		Each branch carries 3 branches (here 90° and 60°). The fractal dimension of the entire tree is the fractal dimension of the terminal branches. NB: the 2-branches tree has a fractal dimension of only 1.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(3)}{\log(2)}}$	1.585	Sierpinski triangle		Also the triangle of Pascal modulo 2.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(3)}{\log(2)}}$	1.585	Sierpiński arrowhead curve		Same limit as the triangle (above) but built with a one-dimensional curve.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log {\varphi }}{\log {\sqrt[{\varphi }]{\varphi }}}}=\varphi }$	1.61803	a golden dragon		Built from two similarities of ratios $r$ and $r^{2}$, with $\scriptstyle {r=1/\varphi ^{1/\varphi }}$. Its dimension equals $\scriptstyle {\varphi }$ because $\scriptstyle {({r^{2}})^{\varphi }+r^{\varphi }=1}$. With $\scriptstyle \varphi =(1+{\sqrt {5}})/2$ (Golden number).
$\textstyle {1+{\frac {\log 2}{\log 3}}}$	1.6309	Pascal triangle modulo 3		For a triangle modulo k, if k is prime, the fractal dimension is $\scriptstyle {1+\log _{k}\left({\frac {k+1}{2}}\right)}$ (cf. Stephen Wolfram).
$\textstyle {3{\frac {\log(\varphi )}{\log(1+{\sqrt {2}})}}}$	1.6379	Fibonacci word fractal		Fractal based on the Fibonacci word (or Rabbit sequence) Sloane A005614. Illustration : Fractal curve after 23 steps (F23 = 28657 segments).. $\scriptstyle \varphi =(1+{\sqrt {5}})/2$ (golden ratio).
Solution of $\scriptstyle {(1/3)^{s}+(1/2)^{s}+(2/3)^{s}=1}$	1.6402	Attractor of IFS with 3 similarities of ratios 1/3, 1/2 and 2/3		Generalization : Providing the open set condition holds, the attractor of an iterated function system consisting of $n$ similarities of ratios $c_{n}$, has Hausdorff dimension $s$, solution of the equation : $\scriptstyle {\sum _{k=1}^{n}c_{k}^{s}=1}$ .
$\textstyle {1+{\frac {\log 3}{\log 5}}}$	1.6826	Pascal triangle modulo 5		For a triangle modulo k, if k is prime, the fractal dimension is $\scriptstyle {1+\log _{k}\left({\frac {k+1}{2}}\right)}$ (cf. Stephen Wolfram).
Measured (box-counting)	1.7	Ikeda map attractor		For parameters a=1, b=0.9, k=0.4 and p=6 in the Ikeda map $\scriptstyle {z_{n+1}=a+bz_{n}exp[i[k-p/(1+\lfloor z_{n}\rfloor ^{2})]]}$. It derives from a model of the plane-wave interactivity field in an optical ring laser. Different parameters yield different values. .
$\textstyle {\frac {4\log(2)}{\log(5)}}$	1.7227	Pinwheel fractal		Built with Conway's Pinwheel tile.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(7)}{\log(3)}}$	1.7712	Hexaflake		Built by exchanging iteratively each hexagon by a flake of 7 hexagons. Its boundary is the von Koch flake and contains an infinity of Koch snowflakes (black or white).
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(4)}{\log(2(1+\cos(85^{\circ })))}}$	1.7848	Von Koch curve 85°		Generalizing the von Koch curve with an angle a chosen between 0 and 90°. The fractal dimension is then $\scriptstyle {\frac {\log(4)}{\log(2(1+\cos(a)))}}\in [1,2]$.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log {(3^{0.63}+2^{0.63})}}{\log {2}}}$	1.8272	A self-affine fractal set		Build iteratively from a $\scriptstyle {p\times q}$ array on a square, with $\scriptstyle {p\leq q}$. Its Hausdorff dimension equals $\scriptstyle {\frac {\log {\left(\sum _{k=1}^{p}n_{k}^{a}\right)}}{\log {p}}}$ with $\scriptstyle {a={\frac {\log {p}}{log{q}}}}$ and $n_{k}$ is the number of elements in the $k^{th}$ column. The box-counting dimension yields a different formula, therefore, a different value. Unlike self-similar sets, the Hausdorff dimension of self-affine sets depends on the position of the iterated elements and there is no formula, so far, for the general case.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(6)}{\log(1+\varphi )}}$	1.8617	Pentaflake		Built by exchanging iteratively each pentagon by a flake of 6 pentagons. $\scriptstyle \varphi =(1+{\sqrt {5}})/2$ (golden ratio).
solution of $\scriptstyle {6(1/3)^{s}+5{(1/3{\sqrt {3}})}^{s}=1}$	1.8687	Monkeys tree		This curve appeared in Benoit Mandelbrot's "Fractal geometry of Nature" (1983). It is based on 6 similarities of ratio $1/3$ and 5 similarities of ratio $\scriptstyle {1/{3{\sqrt {3}}}}$.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(8)}{\log(3)}}$	1.8928	Sierpinski carpet		Each face of the Menger sponge is a Sierpinski carpet, as is the bottom surface of the 3D quadratic Koch surface (type 1).
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(8)}{\log(3)}}$	1.8928	3D Cantor dust		Cantor set in 3 dimensions.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\ln(4)}{\ln(3)}}+{\frac {\ln(2)}{\ln(3)}}={\frac {\ln(8)}{\ln(3)}}}$	1.8928	Cartesian product of the von Koch curve and the Cantor set		Generalization : Let FxG be the cartesian product of two fractals sets F and G. Then $Dim_{H}(FxG)=Dim_{H}(F)+Dim_{H}(G)$.. See also the 2D Cantor dust and the Cantor cube.
Estimated	1.9340	Boundary of the Lévy C curve		Estimated by Duvall and Keesling (1999). The curve itself has a fractal dimension of 2.
	1.974	Penrose tiling		See Ramachandrarao, Sinha & Sanyal.
$\textstyle {2}$	2	Boundary of the Mandelbrot set		The boundary and the set itself have the same dimension .
$\textstyle {2}$	2	Julia set		For determined values of c (including c belonging to the boundary of the Mandelbrot set), the Julia set has a dimension of 2..
$\textstyle {2}$	2	Sierpiński curve		Every Peano curve filling the plane has a Hausdorff dimension of 2.
$\textstyle {2}$	2	Hilbert curve
$\textstyle {2}$	2	Peano curve		And a family of curves built in a similar way, such as the Wunderlich curves.
$\textstyle {2}$	2	Moore curve		Can be extended in 3 dimensions.
	2	Lebesgue curve or z-order curve		Unlike the previous ones this space-filling curve is differentiable almost everywhere. Another type can be defined in 2D. Like the Hilbert Curve it can be extended in 3D.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(2)}{\log({\sqrt {2}})}}=2}$	2	Dragon curve		And its boundary has a fractal dimension of 1.5236270862.
	2	Terdragon curve		L-system: F → F + F – F, angle = 120°.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(4)}{\log(2)}}=2}$	2	T-Square
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(4)}{\log(2)}}=2}$	2	Gosper curve		Its boundary is the Gosper island.
Solution of $\scriptstyle {7({1/3})^{s}+6({1/3{\sqrt {3}}})^{s}=1}$	2	Curve filling the Koch snowflake		Proposed by Mandelbrot in 1982 , it fills the Koch snowflake. It is based on 7 similarities of ratio 1/3 and 6 similarities of ratio $\scriptstyle {1/3{\sqrt {3}}}$.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(4)}{\log(2)}}=2}$	2	Sierpiński tetrahedron		Each tetrahedron is replaced by 4 tetrahedra.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(4)}{\log(2)}}=2}$	2	H-fractal		Also the « Mandelbrot tree » which has a similar pattern.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(2)}{\log(2/{\sqrt {2}})}}=2}$	2	Pythagoras tree		Every square generates 2 squares with a reduction ratio of sqrt(2)/2.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(4)}{\log(2)}}=2}$	2	2D Greek cross fractal		Each segment is replaced by a cross formed by 4 segments.
Measured	2.01 +-0.01	Rössler attractor		The fractal dimension of the Rössler attractor is slightly above 2. For a=0.1, b=0.1 and c=14 it has been estimated between 2.01 and 2.02. .
Measured	2.06 +-0.01	Lorenz attractor		For parameters v=40,$\sigma$=16 and b=4 . see McGuinness (1983)
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(20)}{\log(2+\varphi )}}$	2.3296	Dodecahedron fractal		Each dodecahedron is replaced by 20 dodecahedra. $\scriptstyle \varphi =(1+{\sqrt {5}})/2$ (golden ratio).
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(13)}{\log(3)}}$	2.3347	3D quadratic Koch surface (type 1)		Extension in 3D of the quadratic Koch curve (type 1). The illustration shows the second iteration.
	2.4739	Apollonian sphere packing		The interstice left by the apollolian spheres. Apollonian gasket in 3D. Dimension calculated by M. Borkovec, W. De Paris, and R. Peikert.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(32)}{\log(4)}}={\frac {5}{2}}}$	2.50	3D quadratic Koch surface (type 2)		Extension in 3D of the quadratic Koch curve (type 2). The illustration shows the second iteration.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(16)}{\log(3)}}$	2.5237	Cantor tesseract	no image available	Cantor set in 4 dimensions. Generalization: in a space of dimension n, the Cantor set has a Hausdorff dimension of $\scriptstyle {n{\frac {\log(2)}{\log(3)}}}$.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(12)}{\log(1+\varphi )}}$	2.5819	Icosahedron fractal		Each icosahedron is replaced by 12 icosahedra. $\scriptstyle \varphi =(1+{\sqrt {5}})/2$ (golden ratio).
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(6)}{\log(2)}}$	2.5849	3D Greek cross fractal		Each segment is replaced by a cross formed by 6 segments.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(6)}{\log(2)}}$	2.5849	Octahedron fractal		Each octahedron is replaced by 6 octahedra.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(6)}{\log(2)}}$	2.5849	von Koch surface		Each equilateral triangle is replaced by 6 triangles, twice smaller.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(20)}{\log(3)}}$	2.7268	Menger sponge		And its surface has a fractal dimension of $\scriptstyle {{\frac {\log(12)}{\log(3)}}=2.2618}$.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(8)}{\log(2)}}=3}$	3	3D Hilbert curve		A Hilbert curve extended to 3 dimensions.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(8)}{\log(2)}}=3}$	3	3D Lebesgue curve		A Lebesgue curve extended to 3 dimensions.
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(8)}{\log(2)}}=3}$	3	3D Moore curve		A Moore curve extended to 3 dimensions.

Random and natural fractals

Hausdorf dimension (exact value)	Hausdorf dimension (approx.)	Name	Illustration	Remarks
Solution of $\scriptstyle {E(C_{1}^{s}+C_{2}^{s})=1}$ where $\scriptstyle {E(C_{1})=0.5}$ and $\scriptstyle {E(C_{2})=0.3}$	0.7499	a random Cantor set with 50% - 30%		Generalization : At each iteration, the length of the left interval is defined with a random variable $C_{1}$, a variable percentage of the length of the original interval. Same for the right interval, with a random variable $C_{2}$. Its Hausdorff Dimension $s$ satisfies : $\scriptstyle {E(C_{1}^{s}+C_{2}^{s})=1}$. ($E(X)$ is the expected value of $X$).
Solution of $s+1=12*2^{-(s+1)}-6*3^{-(s+1)}$	1.144...	von Koch curve with random interval		The length of the middle interval is a random variable with uniform distribution on the interval (0,1/3).
Measured	1.25	Coastline of Great Britain		Fractal dimension of the west coast of Great Britain, as measured by Lewis Fry Richardson and cited by Benoît Mandelbrot.
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(4)}{\log(3)}}$	1.2619	von Koch curve with random orientation		One introduces here an element of randomness which does not affect the dimension, by choosing, at each iteration, to place the equilateral triangle above or below the curve.
$\textstyle {\frac {4}{3}}$	1.33	Boundary of Brownian motion		(cf. Lawler, Schramm, Werner).
$\textstyle {\frac {4}{3}}$	1.33	2D polymer		Similar to the brownian motion in 2D with non self-intersection..
$\textstyle {\frac {4}{3}}$	1.33	Percolation front in 2D, Corrosion front in 2D		Fractal dimension of the percolation-by-invasion front, at the percolation threshold (59.3%). It’s also the fractal dimension of a stopped corrosion front .
	1.40	Clusters of clusters 2D		When limited by diffusion, clusters combine progressively to a unique cluster of dimension 1.4.
$\textstyle {2-{\frac {1}{2}}}$	1.5	Graph of a regular Brownian function		Graph of a function f such that, for any two positive reals x and x+h, the difference of their images $f(x+h)-f(x)$ has the centered gaussian distribution with variance = h. Generalization : The fractional Brownian motion of index $\alpha$ follows the same definition but with a variance $=h^{2\alpha }$, in that case its Hausdorff dimension =$2-\alpha$.
Measured	1.52	Coastline of Norway		See J. Feder.
Measured	1.55	Random walk with no self-intersection		Self-avoiding random walk in a square lattice, with a « go-back » routine for avoiding dead ends.
$\textstyle {\frac {5}{3}}$	1.66	3D polymer		Similar to the brownian motion in a cubic lattice, but without self-intersection .
	1.70	2D DLA Cluster		In 2 dimensions, clusters formed by diffusion-limited aggregation, have a fractal dimension of around 1.70 .
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(9*0.75)}{\log(3)}}$	1.7381	Fractal percolation with 75% probability		The fractal percolation model is constructed by the progressive replacement of each square by a 3x3 grid in which is placed a random collection of sub-squares, each sub-square being retained with probability p. The "almost sure" Hausdorff dimension equals $\textstyle {\frac {\log(9p)}{\log(3)}}$.
7/4	1.75	2D percolation cluster hull		The hull or boundary of a percolation cluster. Can also be generated by a hull-generating walk, or by Schramm-Loewner Evolution .
$\textstyle {\frac {91}{48}}$	1.8958	2D percolation cluster		In a square lattice, under the site percolation threshold (59.3%) the percolation-by-invasion cluster has a fractal dimension of 91/48 . Beyond that threshold, the cluster is infinite and 91/48 becomes the fractal dimension of the « clearings ».
$\textstyle {{\frac {\log(2)}{\log({\sqrt {2}})}}=2}$	2	Brownian motion		Or random walk. The Hausdorff dimensions equals 2 in 2D, in 3D and in all greater dimensions (K.Falconer "The geometry of fractal sets").
Measured	Around 2	Distribution of galaxy clusters		From the 2005 results of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. See reference
$\textstyle {\frac {\log(13)}{\log(3)}}$	2.33	Cauliflower		Every branch carries around 13 branches 3 times smaller.
	2.5	Balls of crumpled paper		When crumpling sheets of different sizes but made of the same type of paper and with the same aspect ratio (for example, different sizes in the ISO 216 A series), then the diameter of the balls so obtained elevated to a non-integer exponent between 2 and 3 will be approximately proportional to the area of the sheets from which the balls have been made. [1] Creases will form at all size scales (see Universality (dynamical systems)).
	2.50	3D DLA Cluster	File:3D diffusion-limited aggregation2.jpg	In 3 dimensions, clusters formed by diffusion-limited aggregation, have a fractal dimension of around 2.50 .
	2.50	Lichtenberg figure		Their appearance and growth appear to be related to the process of diffusion-limited aggregation or DLA .
$\textstyle {3-{\frac {1}{2}}}$	2.5	regular Brownian surface		A function $\scriptstyle {f:\mathbb {R} ^{2}->\mathbb {R} }$, gives the height of a point $(x,y)$ such that, for two given positive increments $h$ and $k$, then $\scriptstyle {f(x+h,y+k)-f(x,y)}$ has a centered Gaussian distribution with variance = $\scriptstyle {\sqrt {h^{2}+k^{2}}}$. Generalization : The fractional Brownian surface of index $\alpha$ follows the same definition but with a variance = $(h^{2}+k^{2})^{\alpha }$, in that case its Hausdorff dimension = $3-\alpha$.
Measured	2.52	3D percolation cluster		In a cubic lattice, at the site percolation threshold (31.1%), the 3D percolation-by-invasion cluster has a fractal dimension of around 2.52 . Beyond that threshold, the cluster is infinite.
Measured	2.66	Broccoli
	2.79	Surface of human brain
	2.97	Lung surface		The alveoli of a lung form a fractal surface close to 3 .
Calculated	3	Quantum string drifting randomly		Hausdorff dimension of a quantum string whose representative point randomly drifts through loop space.
Calculated	$\textstyle {\in (0,2)}$	Multiplicative cascade		This is an example of a multifractal distribution. However by choosing its parameters in a particular way we can force the distribution to become a monofractal.

See also

• Fractal dimension
• Hausdorff dimension
• Scale invariance

References

• ¹Kenneth Falconer, Fractal Geometry, John Wiley & Son Ltd; ISBN 0-471-92287-0 (March 1990)

Further reading and references

• Benoît Mandelbrot, The Fractal Geometry of Nature, W. H. Freeman & Co; ISBN 0-7167-1186-9 (September 1982).
• Heinz-Otto Peitgen, The Science of Fractal Images, Dietmar Saupe (editor), Springer Verlag, ISBN 0-387-96608-0 (August 1988)
• Michael F. Barnsley, Fractals Everywhere, Morgan Kaufmann; ISBN 0-12-079061-0
• Bernard Sapoval, « Universalités et fractales », collection Champs, Flammarion. ISBN 2080814664 (2001).

External links

• The fractals on Mathworld
• Other fractals on Paul Bourke's website
• Soler's Gallery
• Fractals on mathcurve.com
• 1000fractales.free.fr - Project gathering fractals created with various softwares
• Fractals unleashed