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Fractal worlds : grown, built, and imagined / Michael Frame and Amelia Urry.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, [(c)2016.]Description: 1 online resource (512 pages)Content type:
  • text
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  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780300220704
  • 0300220707
Subject(s): Genre/Form: LOC classification:
  • QA614.86
  • QA
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Contents:
What is the shape of the world around us? -- Self-similarity in geometry -- Self-similarity in the wild -- Manufactured fractals -- The Mandelbrot set : infinite complexity from a simple formula -- Quantifying fractals : what is fractal dimension? -- Further developments -- Valediction -- A. A look under the hood : some technical notes -- B. Solutions to the problems.
Summary: Fractal geometry is a uniquely fascinating area of mathematics, exhibited in a range of shapes that exist in the natural world, from a simple broccoli floret to a majestic mountain range. In this essential primer, mathematician Michael Frame-a close collaborator with Benoit Mandelbrot, the founder of fractal geometry-and poet Amelia Urry explore the amazing world of fractals as they appear in nature, art, medicine, and technology. Frame and Urry offer new insights into such familiar topics as measuring fractal complexity by dimension and the life and work of Mandelbrot. In addition, they delve into less-known areas: fractals with memory, the Mandelbrot set in four dimensions, fractals in literature, and more. An inviting introduction to an enthralling subject, this comprehensive volume is ideal for learning and teaching.
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Includes bibliographies and index.

Fractal geometry is a uniquely fascinating area of mathematics, exhibited in a range of shapes that exist in the natural world, from a simple broccoli floret to a majestic mountain range. In this essential primer, mathematician Michael Frame-a close collaborator with Benoit Mandelbrot, the founder of fractal geometry-and poet Amelia Urry explore the amazing world of fractals as they appear in nature, art, medicine, and technology. Frame and Urry offer new insights into such familiar topics as measuring fractal complexity by dimension and the life and work of Mandelbrot. In addition, they delve into less-known areas: fractals with memory, the Mandelbrot set in four dimensions, fractals in literature, and more. An inviting introduction to an enthralling subject, this comprehensive volume is ideal for learning and teaching.

What is the shape of the world around us? -- Self-similarity in geometry -- Self-similarity in the wild -- Manufactured fractals -- The Mandelbrot set : infinite complexity from a simple formula -- Quantifying fractals : what is fractal dimension? -- Further developments -- Valediction -- A. A look under the hood : some technical notes -- B. Solutions to the problems.

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