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| n | Pythagoreans
believed that the universe was |
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| number.
General Platonist belief in the existence |
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| of
‘forms’ or ‘Ideas’, perfect geometric entities |
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| that
exist independently of material embodiments. |
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| n | Suitable
for describing planets, or crystals, but |
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| classical
geometry unable to deal with mountains |
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| or
plants. |
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| n | Fractals
can describe the shape of many naturally |
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| occuring
objects. |
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