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This book provides the reader with an elementary introduction to chaos and fractals, suitable for students with a background in elementary algebra, without assuming prior coursework in calculus or physics. It introduces the key phenomena of chaos - aperiodicity, sensitive dependence on initial conditions, bifurcations - via simple iterated functions. Fractals are introduced as self-similar geometric objects and analyzed with the self-similarity and box-counting dimensions. After abrief discussion of power laws, subsequent chapters explore Julia Sets and the Mandelbrot Set. The last part of the No library descriptions found. |
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Google Books — Loading... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)515.39Natural sciences and mathematics Mathematics Analysis Differential calculus and equationsLC ClassificationRatingAverage: No ratings. |