Chaos and fractals : the mathematics behind the computer graphics

Author(s)

• Devaney, Robert L.
• Keen, Linda
• Alligood, Kathleen T.
• American Mathematical Society Short Course, Chaos and Fractals: the Mathematics behind the Computer Graphics

Bibliographic Information

Chaos and fractals : the mathematics behind the computer graphics

Robert L. Devaney and Linda Keen, editors ; Kathleen T. Alligood ... [et al.]

（Proceedings of symposia in applied mathematics, v. 39 . AMS short course lecture notes）

American Mathematical Society, c1989

Note

"Lecture notes prepared for the American Mathematical Society Short Course, Chaos and Fractals: the Mathematics behind the Computer Graphics, held in Providence, Rhode Island, August 6-7, 1988"--T.p. verso

"The course was called Chaos and Fractals: The Mathematics Behind the Computer Graphics and was organized at the Centennial Meeting of the American Mathematical Society held in Providence, RI, on August 6-7, 1988" -- Pref

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Contents of Works

• Overview : dynamics of simple maps / Robert L. Devaney
• Nonlinear oscillations and the Smale horseshoe map / Philip J. Holmes
• Fractal basin boundaries and chaotic attractors / Kathleen T. Alligood and James A. Yorke
• Julia Sets / Linda Keen
• The Mandelbrot set / Bodil Branner
• Introduction to fractals / Jenny Harrison
• Iterated function systems / Michael F. Barnsley

Details

• NCID: BA07287804
• ISBN:
  • 0821801376
• LCCN: 89007003
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Providence, RI
• Pages/Volumes: ix, 148 p.
• Size: 26 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : T385
  • DC20 : 006.6
  • NDC8 : 007.6
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Computer graphics -- Mathematics
  • LCSH : Fractals
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00200579