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Benoit Mandelbrot Quotes: The straight line has a property of self-similarity. Each piece of the straight line is the same as the whole line when used to a big or small extent.
         

The straight line has a property of self-similarity. Each piece of the straight line is the same as the whole line when used to a big or small extent.


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