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Autocorrelation functions for rough (random, quasiperiodical and deter
ministic-periodical) surfaces are deduced from the surface profiles de
termined by using the line-by-line analysis of atomic force microscopy
images. It is shown that the initial parts of autocorrelation functio
ns have a Gaussian form. An attempt to use the concept of fractal as a
bridge between deterministic periodic and random (spontaneous) surfac
es including quasiperiodic ones have been made.