Fractal analysis of galaxy surveys

T. R. Seshadri
Department of Physics and Astrophysics, University of Delhi, Delhi 110 007

Abstract. Fractal analysis is a powerful tool to study the nature of galaxy distribution. The use of multifractal analysis of the galaxy distribution for the investigation of the transition to homogeneity in the Universe is reviewed. This analysis shows that the Universe is homogeneous over scales larger than about 80h-1 to 100h-1 Mpc.

Keywords: cosmology: miscellaneous - cosmology: theory - methods: statistical - large-scale structure of the Universe

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