Contents

• Contents
• List of Tables
• List of Figures
• INTRODUCTION
• GALAXY CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES
  • ``Tuning Fork''
    • Elliptical Galaxies
    • Spiral Galaxies
    • Irregular Galaxies
  • Other Classification Schemes
• FRACTAL DIMENSIONS
  • Defining Fractals and Fractal Dimensions
    • Capacity Dimension
    • Correlation Dimension
  • Calculating Fractal Dimension
• DATA SET
• FRACTAL DIMENSIONS OF GALAXIES
  • Contour Generation
  • Calculation of Fractal Dimensions of the Contours
  • Results
    • Capacity Dimensions and Correlation Dimensions
    • Comparing Correlation Dimensions and Capacity Dimensions
• CONCLUSIONS
• Bibliography