| Description |
xiii, 312 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm |
| Contents |
Foreword : people and events behind the "science of fractal images" / Benoit B. Mandelbrot -- Fractals in nature : from characterization to simulation / Richard F. Voss -- Algorithms for random fractals / Dietmar Saupe -- Fractal patterns arising in chaotic dynamical systems / Robert L. Devaney -- Fantastic deterministic fractals / Heinz-Otto Peitgen -- Fractal modelling of real world images / Michael F. Barnsley -- Fractal landscapes without creases and with rivers / Benoit B. Mandelbrot -- An eye for fractals / Michael McGuire -- A unified approach to fractal curves and plants / Dietmar Saupe -- Exploring the Mandelbrot set / Yuval Fisher |
| Analysis |
Fractals |
| Notes |
Based on notes for the course Fractals--introduction, basics, and perspectives given by Michael F. Barnsley, and others, as part of the SIGGRAPH '87 (Anaheim, Calif.) course program |
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Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 297-305 |
| Notes |
Based on notes for the course Fractals--introduction, basics, and perspectives given by Michael F. Barnsley, and others, as part of the SIGGRAPH '87 [Anaheim, Calif.] course program |
| Subject |
Fractals.
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Computer graphics.
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Fractals.
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Geometry, Descriptive.
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Mathematical models.
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Stochastic geometry.
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| Author |
Barnsley, M. F. (Michael Fielding), 1946-
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Peitgen, Heinz-Otto, 1945-
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Saupe, Dietmar, 1954-
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| LC no. |
88012683 |
| ISBN |
0387966080 (U.S.) |
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3540966080 |
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