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Fix this textNo. 363 (No. 3 of 1994)
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Fix this textWorking with funds from
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Fix this text"frees , in a fractal con-
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Fix this textProfessor Hibbert s proc-
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Fix this textAnd the fractal dimension
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Fix this textHuang Weigang, have shown
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Fix this text“Why, for example, one
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Fix this textThe six universities in Group
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Fix this textProfessor Hibbert and his beard . . . back to mother Nature.
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