Fractal equilibrium count

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Continuing on from my earlier blog on fractal equilibrium:

Koch Curve Animation
From a fixed viewpoint: all fractals ('attractors')  form their shape (are at fractal equilibrium) at and around 7 plus or minus 2  iterations - any more than this will come at too high a cost, and with no extra benefit - as shown in the animation of the Koch Snowflake development above.
The 5 iterations to develop the fractal Koch snowflake in Fig. 1 (below)—the point where the blue extra (Marginal) area (MA) and green extra (Marginal) cost (MC) intersect—correspond to the point where the shape of the snowflake is fully developed. 
I believe this is not only a demonstration but also an explanation for The Magical Number—Seven, Plus or Minus Two—and is also observable throughout our reality.

From any standpoint, there will be around 4,5,6,7, or 8 levels of protrusion. For example, from where I am writing, I can see out my window a park and some buildings. The building is the first protrusion. Then there is a chimney on building 2, then brick on the chimney 3, and then, I can just see an icicle (it is winter) on building 4.
See my entry on fractal paradigm.

(http://www.musanim.com/miller1956/ )


It can be observed everywhere - if you open your eyes.
In the image of a tree to the left, if you follow out from the trunk of the tree until it first forks, then follow that branch until it forks again, and then go on repeating, following the 'first' branch on the branch, until you cannot see any more branches, you will find you can only fork 7 + or - 2 times.



Iteration No. 6 is the optimal or perfect viewing iteration of the (fractal) Koch Snowflake from the viewer's perspective.

It is also the number of iterations, or feedbacks, to gain market equilibrium.

 The following cases are of interest to me:
  • 6 degrees of separation - between knowing everybody on the earth: I have heard that the reality is around 4 before the link ends and fades away.
  • How many times can one fold a piece of paper - 7, 8,9, maybe 13 - but not more (??)
  • The food chain: How many links are between the top and the bottom of the food chain? With whales and plankton, there are not many, but I have been told the max is 6. After that, there is nothing to be gained, and what is gained comes at a too-high cost. 

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