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- catalog abstract ""Felix Klein, one of the great nineteenth-century geometers, discovered in mathematics an idea prefigured in Buddhist mythology: the heaven of Indra contained a net of pearls, each of which was reflected in its neighbour, so that the whole Universe was mirrored in each pearl. Klein studied infinitely repeated reflections and was led to forms with multiple co-existing symmetries, each simple in itself, but whose interactions produce fractals on the edge of chaos. For a century these images, which were practically impossible to draw by hand, barely existed outside the imagination of mathematicians. However in the 1980s the authors embarked on the first computer exploration of Klein's vision, and in so doing found further extraordinary images of their own. Join the authors on the path from some basic mathemathical ideas to the simple algorithms that create the delicate fractal filigrees, most of which have never appeared in print before. Beginners can learn to understand what the images mean and follow the step-by-step instructions for writing computer programs that generate them. More advanced readers can see how the images relate to ideas that take them to the forefront of research."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b12532426.
- catalog contributor b12532427.
- catalog contributor b12532428.
- catalog contributor b12532429.
- catalog created "c2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "c2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2002.".
- catalog description ""Felix Klein, one of the great nineteenth-century geometers, discovered in mathematics an idea prefigured in Buddhist mythology: the heaven of Indra contained a net of pearls, each of which was reflected in its neighbour, so that the whole Universe was mirrored in each pearl. Klein studied infinitely repeated reflections and was led to forms with multiple co-existing symmetries, each simple in itself, but whose interactions produce fractals on the edge of chaos. For a century these images, which were practically impossible to draw by hand, barely existed outside the imagination of mathematicians. However in the 1980s the authors embarked on the first computer exploration of Klein's vision, and in so doing found further extraordinary images of their own. Join the authors on the path from some basic mathemathical ideas to the simple algorithms that create the delicate fractal filigrees, most of which have never appeared in print before. Beginners can learn to understand what the images mean and follow the step-by-step instructions for writing computer programs that generate them. More advanced readers can see how the images relate to ideas that take them to the forefront of research."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "The language of symmetry -- A delightful fiction -- Double spirals and Möbius maps -- The Schottky dance -- Fractal dust and infinite words -- Indra's necklace -- The glowing gasket -- Playing with parameters -- Accidents will happen -- Between the cracks -- Crossing boundaries -- Epilogue -- Index -- Road map.".
- catalog extent "xix, 395 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521352533".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "c2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York ; Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "Fractals.".
- catalog subject "Klein, Felix, 1849-1925.".
- catalog subject "QA614.86 .M86 2002".
- catalog tableOfContents "The language of symmetry -- A delightful fiction -- Double spirals and Möbius maps -- The Schottky dance -- Fractal dust and infinite words -- Indra's necklace -- The glowing gasket -- Playing with parameters -- Accidents will happen -- Between the cracks -- Crossing boundaries -- Epilogue -- Index -- Road map.".
- catalog title "Indra's pearls : the vision of Felix Klein / David Mumford, Caroline Series and David Wright ; with cartoons by Larry Gonick.".
- catalog type "text".