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Chaos and fractals : the mathematics behind the computer graphics / Robert L. Devaney and Linda Keen, editors ; Kathlenn T. Alligood [and five others].
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alligood, Kathleen T., author.
- Series:
- Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematics. AMS short course lecture notes ; Volume 39.
- Proceedings of Symposia in Applied Mathematics : AMS Short Course Lecture Notes ; Volume 39
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Computer graphics--Mathematics--Congresses.
- Computer graphics.
- Fractals--Congresses.
- Fractals.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (176 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Providence, Rhode Island : American Mathematical Society, 1989.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Contains the proceedings of the AMS Short Course on Chaos and Fractals, held during the AMS Centennial Celebration in Providence, Rhode Island in August 1988. This title covers topics such as dynamical systems theory, Julia sets, the Mandelbrot set, attractors, the Smale horseshoe, calculus on fractals, and applications to data compression.
- Contents:
- Table of Contents; Preface; Overview: Dynamics of Simple Maps; Nonlinear Oscillations and the Smale Horseshoe Map; Fractal Basin Boundaries and Chaotic Attractors; Julia Sets; The Mandelbrot Set; Introduction to Fractals; Iterated Function Systems; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-8218-9254-1
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