Chaos and Fractals: The Mathematics Behind the Computer Graphics

By Robert L. Devaney

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821801376
• ISBN13: 9780821801376
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: American Mathematical Society(RI)
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.18 lbs.