Special Session 6: Special session on Fractal Geometry, Dynamical Systems, and Their Applications

Average geodesic distances in generalized Sierpinski carpets

Derek Smith
Lafayette College
USA
Co-Author(s):    Ethan Berkove
Abstract:
The problem of determining the average geodesic distance between two points in a fractal has been addressed by many authors for many different fractals. In this talk, we will survey some of the methods and results in this area, present new results for 2-dimensional generalized Sierpinski carpets, and discuss some of the impediments to extending current methods to higher-dimensional generalizations. This work is joint with Ethan Berkove.