The article in this week’s That’s Maths column in the Irish Times ( TM035 ) is about the remarkable Christmas Eve journey of Santa Claus.
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Santa’s Fractal Journey
Published December 19, 2013 Irish Times Leave a CommentTags: Fractals, Maps
Ireland’s Fractal Coastline
Published December 12, 2013 Occasional 2 CommentsTags: Fractals, Ireland, Maps
Reports of the length of Ireland’s coastline vary widely. The World Factbook of the Central Intelligence Agency gives a length of 1448 km. The Ordnance Survey of Ireland has a value of 3,171 km (http://www.osi.ie). The World Resources Institute, using data from the United States Defense Mapping Agency, gives 6,347km (see Wikipedia article [3]).