Fractals: A Very Short Introduction
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Fractals: A Very Short Introduction

By
Kenneth Falconer
Kenneth Falconer
2013 • 153 pages

An essential discussion of the popular science and mathematics behind fractals reveals how fractal shapes can be found everywhere in nature from clouds to coastlines, explaining how basic concepts in fractal geometry produced a revolution in mathematical understandings of patterns in the 20th century. Original.

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