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LEADER: 01899cam 2200385Ii 4500
001 9925203408001661
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008 130508s2013 enka b 001 0 eng d
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050 00 $aQA614.86$b.F352 2013
082 04 $a514.742$223
100 1 $aFalconer, K. J.,$d1952-$eauthor.
245 10 $aFractals :$ba very short introduction /$cKenneth Falconer.
250 $aFirst edition.
264 1 $aOxford, United Kingdom :$bOxford University Press,$c2013.
264 4 $c℗♭2013
300 $axv, 132 pages :$billustrations ;$c18 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aVery short introductions ;$v367
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 127-128) and index.
520 $aFrom the contours of coastlines to the outlines of clouds and the branching of trees, fractal shapes can be found everywhere in nature. Kenneth Falconer explains the basic concepts of fractal geometry which produced a revolution in the mathematical understanding of patterns in the twentieth century and explores a range of applications in science and of economics.
505 00 $tThe fractal concept --$tSelf-similarity --$tFractal dimension --$tJulia sets and the Mandelbrot set --$tRandom walks and Brownian motion --$tFractals in the real world --$tA little history.
650 0 $aFractals.
830 0 $aVery short introductions ;$v367.
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