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Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 958101, 21 pages
doi:10.1155/2012/958101
Research Article
Simplicial Approach to Fractal Structures
Department of Mathematics, University of Salerno, Via Ponte don Melillo, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
Received 28 July 2011; Accepted 16 November 2011
Academic Editor: Cristian Toma
Copyright © 2012 Carlo Cattani et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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