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21. Fractal Mode by Piers Anthony | |
Paperback: 352
Pages
(1992-12-01)
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Fractal Mode
Good Book
Fractal Mode
Fractured Mode of Boredom
Amazing!How does he come up with this stuff?! |
22. The Geometry of Fractal Sets (Cambridge Tracts in Mathematics) by K. J. Falconer | |
Paperback: 180
Pages
(1986-07-25)
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Ingenious Compilation of Essential Fractals The text is written in full proper-fonting and contains many illustrations.Qualitatively the book should be of high value to researchers, graduates, and Phd's with the finest tastes.
Introduction to geometric measure theory The book finish with a magnificent list of examples of haussdorff dimension computation: self-similar sets, Apollonian packings, number theory, Feigenbaum logistic map and Brownian motion.
Advanced treatise on fractal geometry. As it can be inferred from the preceeding paragraph, the book isnot for begineers; it was designed for graduate level courses. Undergradsand laymen should start with Edgar's "Measure, Topology, and FractalGeometry" and Falconer's "Fractal Geometry: MathematicalFoundations and Applications". Please check my other reviews (justclick on my name above). ... Read more |
23. Fractal Concepts in Surface Growth by Albert-Laszlo Barabasi, Harry Eugene Stanley | |
Paperback: 388
Pages
(1995-04-28)
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Good on self affine scaling
Fractal Concepts in Surface Growth
gives science growth that generates a increase in human life |
24. Fractals in Music: Introductory Mathematics for Musical Analysis Second Edition (Inmusic) by Charles Madden | |
Hardcover: 288
Pages
(2007-04-23)
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25. Fractals and Chaos Simplified for the Life Sciences by Larry S. Liebovitch | |
Paperback: 288
Pages
(1998-01-08)
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Excellent! Make it a permanent part of your Library!! |
26. The Fractal Organization: Creating sustainable organizations with the Viable System Model by Patrick Hoverstadt | |
Paperback: 336
Pages
(2009-08-25)
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Editorial Review Product Description “An excellent read…Many organizations fail at the mercy of their own ignorance. The author has done an excellent job in making ‘the science of effective organization’ accessible to management, providing them with a new knowledge to deal with the uncertainties that the markets place upon them.” Stephen J. Brewis, Business Architect, British Telecom. “.. one of the most interesting, thorough and rigorous guides to management that I have ever read, … introduces new insights in every chapter… carries a credibility which acts as a counterbalance to the sometimes difficult message which he conveys which is that a lot of mainstream management practice is at best ineffective and at worst downright destructive. I would recommend this book to anyone interested in management or systems thinking.” Penny Marrington, Course Chair, Systems Group, Open University “In my opinion this book manages to present sound academic theory that is relevant and helpful to the practitioner in the business. I experienced several A-HA moments.” Pauline Marsh, Strategy Director, CS&S International, BAE SYSTEMS. "The insights of the Viable System Model have been open only to a select few for much too long. Hoverstadt has gone furthest in bringing these ideas to a wider audience…Management books have too often been serious but not practical, or practical but not serious. This book is both brilliantly serious and practical, and often entertaining too.” Prof. Peter Kawalak, Manchester Business School. “Integrates mainstream management ideas with the systems ideas underpinning the VSM, and flows and reads well. As a starting point for developing understanding of the VSM in today’s world this book improves greatly on all books that have gone before, I would certainly recommend it to colleagues, clients, and students”. Dr. Robin Asby, Course Chair, Communication and Systems, Open University |
27. Fractal Analysis (Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences) | |
Paperback: 112
Pages
(2010-04-14)
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Editorial Review Product Description A specialized presentation of fractal analysis oriented to the social sciences This primer uses straightforward language to give the reader step-by-step instructions for identifying and analyzing fractal patterns and the social process that create them. By making fractals accessible to the social science students, this book has a significant impact on the understanding of human behavior. Key Features This is the only book designed to introduce fractal analysis to a general social science audience. |
28. Fractals (Physics of Solids and Liquids) by Jens Feder | |
Hardcover: 310
Pages
(1988-05-31)
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Great book 'bout fractals
Random fractals |
29. Fractals and Chaos: The Mandelbrot Set and Beyond by Benoit B. Mandelbrot | |
Hardcover: 308
Pages
(2004-01-09)
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Editorial Review Product Description --From the foreword by Peter W Jones, Yale University This book provides a history of the Mandelbrot set of quadratic dynamics together with the authors hard-to-find early papers. It has extensive illustrations throughout and is divided into four sections: quadratic dynamics, klein groups, Minkowski measures, and Julia sets. Each section starts with introductory chapters giving historical context and background to the material. Benoit B Mandelbrot is Sterling Professor of Mathematical Sciences at Yale University and IBM Fellow Emeritus (Physics) at the IBM T J Watson Research Center. He was awarded the Wolf Prize for Physics in 1993 and the Japan Prize for Science and Technology in 2003. |
30. Fractal Geometry in Digital Imaging by Martin J. Turner, Jonathan M. Blackledge, Patrick R. Andrews | |
Paperback: 328
Pages
(1998-07-07)
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31. Fractal Horizons: The Future Use of Fractals | |
Hardcover: 355
Pages
(1996-07)
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32. Real-World Fractals by Mark Finlay, Keith A. Blanton | |
Hardcover: 426
Pages
(1994-04)
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33. Nonlinear Workbook: Chaos, Fractals, Cellular Automata, Neural Networks, Genetic Algorithms, Gene Expression by Willi-Hans Steeb | |
Paperback: 628
Pages
(2008-06-17)
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Editorial Review Product Description The numerical and symbolic methods are implemented in C++, SymbolicC++ and Java. Object-oriented techniques are also applied. The book contains more than 150 ready-to-run programs. The text has also been designed for a one-year course at both the junior and senior levels in nonlinear dynamics. The topics discussed in the book are part of e-learning and distance learning courses conducted by the International School for Scientific Computing, University of Johannesburg. Contents: Nonlinear and Chaotic Maps; Time Series Analysis; Autonomous Systems in the Plane; Nonlinear Hamilton Systems; Nonlinear Dissipative Systems; Nonlinear Driven Systems; Controlling of Chaos; Synchronization of Chaos; Fractals; Cellular Automata; Solving Differential Equations; Neural Networks; Genetic Algorithms; Gene Expression Programming; Optimization; Discrete Wavelets; Discrete Hidden Markov Processes; Fuzzy Sets and Fuzzy Logic. Customer Reviews (5)
Exact same content as the cheaper and sturdy paperback version
explains many key ideas
Good overview of nonlinear dynamics
Helpful in some sections Nonlinear and chaotic maps are considered in chapter 1, with elementary definitions given and six different examples of maps discussed. In discussing the calculation of numerical trajectories of maps, the author deals with the problem of large initial values for the maps and how to implement these in SymbolicC++ and Java. He also shows how to write/read data to a file using C, C++, and JAVA. The exception handling capability of JAVA comes out nicely, but no performance comparison between the three languages for simulating the maps is given by the author. The language REDUCE is used to discuss the stability of the fixed points of the logistic equation, but the code would be useless to the reader who did not have REDUCE since some of the function calls are hidden from the reader. Useful programs are given for calculating the Lyapunov and autocorrelation functions. In addition, C++ programs are given for evaluating the correlation integral for the Henon map. The programs he develops in this chapter can serve as a quick benchmark for one's own programs that calculate the same quantities. In chapter 2, the author discusses methods for studying time series, including the Lyapunov and Hurst exponents. These two quantities are of enormous importance in the study of dynamical systems, financial data, and network performance. The C++ program that the author gives for calculating the Hurst exponent will not work for arbitrary time intervals. This is followed in the next chapter by a consideration of autonomous systems of ordinary differential equations. The classification of fixed points is considered, and the important concept of a homoclinic orbit. The author gives a nice JAVA program that finds the homoclinic orbit of an anharmonic differential equation using the Lie series technique. The phase portrait of the Van der Pol oscillator is calculated using the Runge-Kutta technique in a C++ program, along with the Lotka-Volterra system from mathematical biology. Hamiltonian mechanics is discussed in chapter 4, with the important Henon-Heiles model from astrophysics is discussed and JAVA programs given for studying its behavior using the Poincare section technique. Newcomers to this technique will appreciate seeing it done here explicitly.Integrability of Hamiltonian systems using the Lax representation and Floquet theory are also treated, but only at a very rudimentary level. Dissipation is included in the next chapter, and the author discusses the classification of fixed points according to their stability. Lyapunov exponents are again brought into the picture, and the phenomenon of hyperchaos is discussed. Some bifurcation theory is introduced with an example of the Hopf bifurcation. Chapter 6 studies nonlinear driven systems, with the Duffing oscillator treated, and the author gives a useful program for calculating the autocorrelation function of this system. The controlling of chaos with feedback and non-feedback controls is the subject of the next chapter, mostly in the context of difference maps. Fractals finally get introduced in chapter 8, with iterated function systems defined but proofs of their properties omitted. The author gives programs for calculating various popular fractals, such as the dragon, Sierpinski gasket, Koch curve, the Mandelbrot set, and the Julia set. The main disappointment in this chapter is that the author does not give programs for calculating the Hausdorff dimension or capacity, quantities that are notoriously difficult to get a meaningful computational handle on. The author switches gears in the next chapter and discusses cellular automata, which have recently made a comeback, especially in research on quantum computation. The discussion is too brief however, and does not allow the reader to gain an appreciation of the properties of these important objects. Chapter 10 gives a brief overview of some techniques for solving differential equations, such as the Euler method and the Lie series technique. The latter is not commonly treated in beginning books so its inclusion here is helpful. Symplectic integration is also discussed briefly, but the author does not discuss how to check the integrators using backward integration, which is commonly used in conservative systems modeled by symplectic maps. Chapter 11, covering neural networks, is the most well-written in the book, and the newcomer to the field will get a fairly decent introduction to the subject. The supplied programs serve to illustrate some of the important concepts in neural networks, such as the Hopfield model, the Kohonen network, the perceptron learning algorithm, and the back-propagation algorithm. Chapter 12 is an introduction to genetic algorithms, and I find this one particularly nice also, as it does give a rudimentary introduction to what evolutionary algorithms are all about, and gives some elementary genetic programs that find the maximum of one- and two-dimensional maps. He also discusses simulated annealing, and gives a useful program that allows the reader to see clearly how this technique works. The last chapter covers fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic, which has also taken on importance in recent years, especially in data mining and financial engineering. The programs given to illustrate the concepts are particularly interesting from the standpoint of coding in C++, as the author uses friend functions and operating overloading in some of them. The reader gets a good overview of fuzzy reasoning and fuzzy rule-based systems.
Useful information, poor presentation The text is poorly written.The code is simple and easy to understand, but not very objectoriented.There is not enough explanation of the code.The code is notelectronically available. The treatment was very mathematical but lackingin explanation & application examples.There were plenty ofdeffinitions, but not enough examples. ... Read more |
34. Chaos, Fractals, and Dynamics: Computer Experiments in Mathematics by Robert L. Devaney | |
Paperback: 181
Pages
(1989)
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helpful, easy to understand, straightforward
Nice introduction to Chaos and Fractals! |
35. Fractals: Endlessly Repeated Geometrical Figures (Princeton Science Library) by Hans Lauwerier | |
Hardcover: 224
Pages
(1991-06)
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Short, packed with information, math backround needed
For people seeking to program Fractals or Chaos
A Classic of Fractals
A Excellent Introduction to Fractals However, this somewhat dated volume needs a revision to upgrade the code from Basic to, say, Java. When the book was first published, microcomputers were relatively weak. Consequently, the book makes a few digressions into some rather involved algorithms designed to minimize memory use. Of course, today's machines are much more powerful. It is a lot simpler to use recursion (although this uses up memory liberally) in the fractal programs. Finally, I think that the geometry could be made conceptually cleaner by mentioning that a general similitude (of which a contraction mapping is one example) on the plane can be written as a composition of rotations, translations, reflections, and scalings. For more substantial treatments of fractals that don't demand too much math background, see "Fractals Everywhere" by M. Barnsley and "Introduction to Fractals and Chaos" by R. Crownover. However, one should read Lauwerier's slim and elegant volume before and after studying these more advanced works--before, as an introduction, and after, as a delightful summary and "bird's eye view" of the subject.
Very nice book...short but packed full of information |
36. Creating Fractals (Graphics Series) by Roger Stevens | |
Paperback: 305
Pages
(2005-08-15)
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Editorial Review Product Description Fractals are the name given to certain types of iterated equations that produce very strange results and are capable of creating unusual and beautiful patterns. Creating Fractals describes the characteristics and mathematical background of fractals and shows the reader how the accompanying fractal-generating program is used to produce thousands of different kinds of fractals, to enlarge them, to color them, and to save them—without any knowledge of computers or programming. The program works with any computer using Windows. In addition to producing artistic effects, the reader can gain an understanding of how each type of fractal is created and how it might be used to treat natural phenomena, e.g., the turbulence of liquids, the behavior of the stock market, and the compression of graphic images. Mathematical terminology is explained in elementary terms. KEY FEATURES:* Includes a fractal-generating program on the CD-ROM that is capable of producing and modifying thousands of fractals* Describes the mathematics (in elementary terms) involved in creating different types of fractals* The CD-ROM has over 100 example fractal images and includes all of their source code, permitting modification of the program to add new fractals, or change the program to meet specialized requirements Customer Reviews (4)
Creating Fractals
Disappointing book creates but does not teach fractals
Dissaponted
Introducing the Mathematics of Fractals |
37. Getting Acquainted With Fractals by Gilbert Helmberg | |
Hardcover: 177
Pages
(2007-03-01)
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38. Fractal Geometry in Biological Systems: An Analytical Approach by Philip M. Iannaccone, Mustafa Khokha | |
Hardcover: 384
Pages
(1996-09-30)
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39. Design and Realizations of Miniaturized Fractal Microwave and RF Filters by Pierre Jarry, Jacques Beneat | |
Hardcover: 194
Pages
(2009-11-09)
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Editorial Review Product Description Engineers are continually searching for design methods that can satisfy the ever-increasing demand for miniaturization, accuracy, reliability, and fast development time. Design and Realizations of Miniaturized Fractal RF and Microwave Filters provides RF and microwave engineers and researchers, advanced graduate students, and wireless and telecommunication engineers with the knowledge and skills to design and realize miniaturized fractal microwave and RF filters. This book is an essential resource for the realization of portable and cellular phones, WiFi, 3G and 4G, and satellite networks. The text focuses on the synthesis and fabrication of miniaturized fractal filters with symmetrical and asymmetrical frequency characteristics in the C, X and Ku bands, though applications to other frequency bands are considered. Readers will find helpful guidance on: Miniaturized filters in bilevel fashion Simplified methods for the synthesis of pseudo-elliptic electrical networks Methods for extracting coupling coefficients and external quality factors from simulations of the RF/microwave structure Methods for matching theoretical couplings to couplings of structure Including studies of the real-world performance of fractal resonators and sensitivity analyses of suspended substrate realizations, this is a definitive resource for both practicing engineers and students who need timely insight on fractal resonators for compact and low-power microwave and RF applications. |
40. Chaos, Dynamics, and Fractals: An Algorithmic Approach to Deterministic Chaos (Cambridge Nonlinear Science Series) by Joseph L. McCauley | |
Paperback: 348
Pages
(1994-06-24)
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