Comments on: Fractal cabbage http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2009/01/14/fractal-cabbage/ Comments on mathematics, mostly. Wed, 25 Jan 2012 12:23:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Richard Elwes http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2009/01/14/fractal-cabbage/#comment-6756 Richard Elwes Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:03:15 +0000 http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/?p=281#comment-6756 I think in culinary circles they go by the name "Romanesque Broccoli". Very pleasing on the eye, the mind, and the tongue! I think in culinary circles they go by the name “Romanesque Broccoli”. Very pleasing on the eye, the mind, and the tongue!

]]> By: Mark Dominus http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2009/01/14/fractal-cabbage/#comment-6754 Mark Dominus Sun, 01 Feb 2009 20:03:36 +0000 http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/?p=281#comment-6754 I would like to know the Hausdorff dimension of this cabbage. I would like to know the Hausdorff dimension of this cabbage.

]]> By: Carnival of Math #48, and Monday Math Madness #25 « The Math Less Traveled http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2009/01/14/fractal-cabbage/#comment-6743 Carnival of Math #48, and Monday Math Madness #25 « The Math Less Traveled Sun, 01 Feb 2009 01:24:54 +0000 http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/?p=281#comment-6743 [...] favorite posts include Foxmath’s post about a strange iterated sequence involving pi and this amazing picture of a fractal cabbage. Also near and dear to my heart is Mark Dominus’s post on monads and closure [...] [...] favorite posts include Foxmath’s post about a strange iterated sequence involving pi and this amazing picture of a fractal cabbage. Also near and dear to my heart is Mark Dominus’s post on monads and closure [...]

]]> By: Welcome to Carnival of Mathematics 48 = 6!!! « Concrete Nonsense http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2009/01/14/fractal-cabbage/#comment-6729 Welcome to Carnival of Mathematics 48 = 6!!! « Concrete Nonsense Fri, 30 Jan 2009 18:58:07 +0000 http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/?p=281#comment-6729 [...] Joining us for lunch, we have E. Kowalski’s very accessible overview of what we have to do to get to Twin Primes .Oh yeah, lunch. To feed off the starving graduate student horde, he has also prepared fractal cabbages. [...] [...] Joining us for lunch, we have E. Kowalski’s very accessible overview of what we have to do to get to Twin Primes .Oh yeah, lunch. To feed off the starving graduate student horde, he has also prepared fractal cabbages. [...]

]]> By: Kowalski http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2009/01/14/fractal-cabbage/#comment-6624 Kowalski Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:48:12 +0000 http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/?p=281#comment-6624 Thanks for the reference! (I have to admit I didn't do any measurement of the structure of the vegetable...) Amusingly, there was none in the store where I usually buy them this morning... Thanks for the reference! (I have to admit I didn’t do any measurement of the structure of the vegetable…) Amusingly, there was none in the store where I usually buy them this morning…

]]> By: Gil Kalai http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2009/01/14/fractal-cabbage/#comment-6622 Gil Kalai Sat, 17 Jan 2009 15:58:29 +0000 http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/?p=281#comment-6622 Here is another mention of fractalic vegtables: http://asymptotia.com/2008/02/10/a-delicious-fractal/ Here is another mention of fractalic vegtables:

http://asymptotia.com/2008/02/10/a-delicious-fractal/

]]> By: Grétar http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2009/01/14/fractal-cabbage/#comment-6618 Grétar Sat, 17 Jan 2009 00:50:43 +0000 http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/?p=281#comment-6618 I agree, they look beautiful and taste really good. I first had them in Grenoble. I agree, they look beautiful and taste really good. I first had them in Grenoble.

]]> By: JSE http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2009/01/14/fractal-cabbage/#comment-6598 JSE Wed, 14 Jan 2009 21:41:06 +0000 http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/?p=281#comment-6598 Just to defend my country's honor, these are sold at the farm market here in Madison... Just to defend my country’s honor, these are sold at the farm market here in Madison…

]]> By: Stones Cry Out - If they keep silent… » Things Heard: e50v3 http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/2009/01/14/fractal-cabbage/#comment-6597 Stones Cry Out - If they keep silent… » Things Heard: e50v3 Wed, 14 Jan 2009 14:28:36 +0000 http://blogs.ethz.ch/kowalski/?p=281#comment-6597 [...] Speaking of maths, fractal cabbages. [...] [...] Speaking of maths, fractal cabbages. [...]

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