Encounters with Chaos and Fractals, 2nd Edition

Encounters with Chaos and Fractals, 2nd Edition

by Denny Gulick
Released April 2012
Publisher(s): Chapman and Hall/CRC
ISBN: 9781466558755

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Book description

Now with an extensive introduction to fractal geometryRevised and updated, Encounters with Chaos and Fractals, Second Edition provides an accessible introduction to chaotic dynamics and fractal geometry for readers with a calculus background. It incorporates important mathematical concepts associated with these areas and backs up the definitions an

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. Introduction
  6. 1. Periodic Points (1/16)
  7. 1. Periodic Points (2/16)
  8. 1. Periodic Points (3/16)
  9. 1. Periodic Points (4/16)
  10. 1. Periodic Points (5/16)
  11. 1. Periodic Points (6/16)
  12. 1. Periodic Points (7/16)
  13. 1. Periodic Points (8/16)
  14. 1. Periodic Points (9/16)
  15. 1. Periodic Points (10/16)
  16. 1. Periodic Points (11/16)
  17. 1. Periodic Points (12/16)
  18. 1. Periodic Points (13/16)
  19. 1. Periodic Points (14/16)
  20. 1. Periodic Points (15/16)
  21. 1. Periodic Points (16/16)
  22. 2. One-Dimensional Chaos (1/9)
  23. 2. One-Dimensional Chaos (2/9)
  24. 2. One-Dimensional Chaos (3/9)
  25. 2. One-Dimensional Chaos (4/9)
  26. 2. One-Dimensional Chaos (5/9)
  27. 2. One-Dimensional Chaos (6/9)
  28. 2. One-Dimensional Chaos (7/9)
  29. 2. One-Dimensional Chaos (8/9)
  30. 2. One-Dimensional Chaos (9/9)
  31. 3. Two-Dimensional Chaos (1/12)
  32. 3. Two-Dimensional Chaos (2/12)
  33. 3. Two-Dimensional Chaos (3/12)
  34. 3. Two-Dimensional Chaos (4/12)
  35. 3. Two-Dimensional Chaos (5/12)
  36. 3. Two-Dimensional Chaos (6/12)
  37. 3. Two-Dimensional Chaos (7/12)
  38. 3. Two-Dimensional Chaos (8/12)
  39. 3. Two-Dimensional Chaos (9/12)
  40. 3. Two-Dimensional Chaos (10/12)
  41. 3. Two-Dimensional Chaos (11/12)
  42. 3. Two-Dimensional Chaos (12/12)
  43. 4. Systems of Differential Equations (1/9)
  44. 4. Systems of Differential Equations (2/9)
  45. 4. Systems of Differential Equations (3/9)
  46. 4. Systems of Differential Equations (4/9)
  47. 4. Systems of Differential Equations (5/9)
  48. 4. Systems of Differential Equations (6/9)
  49. 4. Systems of Differential Equations (7/9)
  50. 4. Systems of Differential Equations (8/9)
  51. 4. Systems of Differential Equations (9/9)
  52. 5. Introduction to Fractals (1/10)
  53. 5. Introduction to Fractals (2/10)
  54. 5. Introduction to Fractals (3/10)
  55. 5. Introduction to Fractals (4/10)
  56. 5. Introduction to Fractals (5/10)
  57. 5. Introduction to Fractals (6/10)
  58. 5. Introduction to Fractals (7/10)
  59. 5. Introduction to Fractals (8/10)
  60. 5. Introduction to Fractals (9/10)
  61. 5. Introduction to Fractals (10/10)
  62. 6. Creating Fractals Sets (1/9)
  63. 6. Creating Fractals Sets (2/9)
  64. 6. Creating Fractals Sets (3/9)
  65. 6. Creating Fractals Sets (4/9)
  66. 6. Creating Fractals Sets (5/9)
  67. 6. Creating Fractals Sets (6/9)
  68. 6. Creating Fractals Sets (7/9)
  69. 6. Creating Fractals Sets (8/9)
  70. 6. Creating Fractals Sets (9/9)
  71. 7. Complex Fractals: Julia Sets and the Mandelbrot Set (1/7)
  72. 7. Complex Fractals: Julia Sets and the Mandelbrot Set (2/7)
  73. 7. Complex Fractals: Julia Sets and the Mandelbrot Set (3/7)
  74. 7. Complex Fractals: Julia Sets and the Mandelbrot Set (4/7)
  75. 7. Complex Fractals: Julia Sets and the Mandelbrot Set (5/7)
  76. 7. Complex Fractals: Julia Sets and the Mandelbrot Set (6/7)
  77. 7. Complex Fractals: Julia Sets and the Mandelbrot Set (7/7)
  78. Appendix: Computer Programs (1/2)
  79. Appendix: Computer Programs (2/2)
  80. Answers to Selected Exercises (1/2)
  81. Answers to Selected Exercises (2/2)
  82. References

Product information

  • Title: Encounters with Chaos and Fractals, 2nd Edition
  • Author(s): Denny Gulick
  • Release date: April 2012
  • Publisher(s): Chapman and Hall/CRC
  • ISBN: 9781466558755