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Expectations on fractal sets

2013 
Using fractal self-similarity and functional-expectation relations, the classical theory of box integrals - being expectations on unit hypercubes - is extended to a class of fractal ''string-generated Cantor sets'' (SCSs) embedded in unit hypercubes of arbitrary dimension. Motivated by laboratory studies on the distribution of brain synapses, these SCSs were designed for dimensional freedom - a suitable choice of generating string allows for fine-tuning the fractal dimension of the corresponding set. We also establish closed forms for certain statistical moments on SCSs, develop a precision algorithm for high embedding dimensions, and report various numerical results. The underlying numerical quadrature issues are in themselves quite challenging.
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