Fractals : a very short introduction / Kenneth Falconer.

"From the contours of coastlines to the outlines of clouds, and the branching of trees, fractal shapes can be found everywhere in nature. In this Very Short Introduction, Kenneth Falconer explains the basic concepts of fractal geometry, which produced a revolution in our mathematical understanding o...

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Uniform Title:Very short introductions ; 367.
Main Author: Falconer, K. J., 1952- (Author)
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Series:Very short introductions ; 367.
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Physical Description:xv, 132 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Format: Book

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505 0 |a The fractal concept -- Self-similarity -- Fractal dimension -- Julia sets and the Mandelbrot set -- Random walks and Brownian motion -- Fractals in the real world -- A little history. 
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