Name: 非洲的分形结构---Ron Eglash
Uploaded: 2007-11-29T05:00:00Z
Duration: 16 min 37 s
Description: “我是一名数学家，并且我希望站在你们的屋顶上。”当Ron Eglash遇到许多非洲家庭时，他总是这样介绍。当时，他正在研究非洲的村落中随处可见的分形图案。

Ron Eglash: 非洲的分形结构---Ron Eglash

非洲的分形结构---Ron Eglash

“我是一名数学家，并且我希望站在你们的屋顶上。”当Ron Eglash遇到许多非洲家庭时，他总是这样介绍。当时，他正在研究非洲的村落中随处可见的分形图案。

African architecture and art have long employed complex fractal patterns, consciously integrating self-similar geometry at every scale from villages to objects. Aerial photos show entire communities laid out as fractals, where even family enclosures echo the whole. These intricate designs are not merely aesthetic; they involve sophisticated algorithms and practical knowledge, like wind-resistant fences or recursive symbolism in divination. The discovery reframes African design as a source of deep mathematical innovation, predating much of what is credited in Western science.