| Description |
xviii, 429 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
Includes index and author index |
| Summary |
Reveals the extraordinary dimensions of new mathematical insights about the nature of physical reality; explores the powerful applications of these symmetry concepts in physics, chemistry, music, and the visual arts. Includes such areas as deterministic chaos and strange attractors, iterated mappings, nonlinear dynamics, Cayley trees, cellular automata, random fractals and related topics |
| Analysis |
Symmetry (Physics) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [395]-410) and indexes |
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Includes indexes |
| Subject |
Fractals.
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Recursion theory.
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Scaling laws (Statistical physics)
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Similarity (Physics)
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Symmetry (Physics)
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| LC no. |
90036763 |
| ISBN |
0716721368 |
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0716723573 |
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