I. INTRODUCTION* In basic geometry...

I. INTRODUCTION*

In basic geometry we learn that the perimeter is the summary of the length of the sides enclosing a geometric space. It is about as linear a universal as one could imagine, a pool matter of locating a space, measuring the detail of the straight lines that define its outline, and adding it all up In the natural world things achieve a bit more complex, with land masses parted and defined by rivers and mountain ranges that do not accommodate with themselves to the linear calculus of geometry Still more complicated of course, are political boundaries, which are the