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Towards fractal description of structure

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Morphological Cosmology

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I review the present data on the large-scale structure of the Universe and the methods used to describe it. The model underlying the correlation description is described and an alternative - fractal - picture is proposed.

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  1. Tartu Astrophysical Observatory, Tōravere, Estonia, USSR

    Enn Saar

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P. Flin H. W. Duerbeck

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Saar, E. (1989). Towards fractal description of structure. In: Flin, P., Duerbeck, H.W. (eds) Morphological Cosmology. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 332. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-51223-3_125

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