Michael Fielding Barnsley

Gebundenes Buch

Superfractals

Beschreibung

SuperFractals is about a new kind of geometry and this book explains clearly and accessibly how it is born from a union of randomness, geometry and computation. Mathematical ideas are explained and illustrated through a profusion of full-colour images. Potential applications are explored: for example, SuperFractals enable a vast improvement in terms of texture and variety than conventional computer graphics methods currently used in games and films; they may lead to insights in economics, science, medical imaging and biology; they will have application for image and signal compression.

Autor

Michael Barnsley is a Professor at the Mathematical Sciences Institute, Australian National University.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 464
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Mai 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1084g
• ISBN-13: 9780521844932
• ISBN-10: 0521844932
• Artikelnr.: 20911266

Rezensionen

'Overall, SuperFractals would be a superb addition to the bookshelves of any scientists who use fractal analysis techniques in their research, be they physicist, biologist or economist. The author concludes by promising that the introduction of superfractals will revolutionize the way mathematics, physics, biology and art are combined, to produce a unified description of the complex world in which we live. After reading this book I have no doubt he is correct.' J. R. Mureika, Nature