Comment Comment by cbennett In terms of cosmology, the physically observable universe does have (some) fractal structure or features--, primarily to the existence of multi-scale primordial (quantum) fluctuations. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primordial_fluctuations https://arxiv.org/abs/astro-ph/0003124On the other hand, at very large scales the universe is expressly homogenous (smooth) https://www.space.com/17234-universe-fractal-large-scale-the...W/r to larger and more wide-ranging questions, e.g. if the mutli-verse has some sort of deep fractal meta-structure, and/or the recursion of fundamental quantum computing operations, the jury is still entirely out. parent cbennett 9 years ago
On the other hand, at very large scales the universe is expressly homogenous (smooth) https://www.space.com/17234-universe-fractal-large-scale-the...
W/r to larger and more wide-ranging questions, e.g. if the mutli-verse has some sort of deep fractal meta-structure, and/or the recursion of fundamental quantum computing operations, the jury is still entirely out.