Chaos, Dynamics, and Fractals: An Algorithmic Approach to Deterministic Chaos - Couverture souple

McCauley, Joseph

 
9780521467476: Chaos, Dynamics, and Fractals: An Algorithmic Approach to Deterministic Chaos
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0521467470 ISBN 13 : 9780521467476
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 2010

Synopsis

This book develops deterministic chaos and fractals from the standpoint of iterated maps, but the emphasis makes it very different from all other books in the field. It provides the reader with an introduction to more recent developments, such as weak universality, multifractals, and shadowing, as well as to older subjects like universal critical exponents, devil's staircases and the Farey tree. The author uses a fully discrete method, a 'theoretical computer arithmetic', because finite (but not fixed) precision cannot be avoided in computation or experiment. This leads to a more general formulation in terms of symbolic dynamics and to the idea of weak universality. The connection is made with Turing's ideas of computable numbers and it is explained why the continuum approach leads to predictions that are not necessarily realized in computation or in nature, whereas the discrete approach yields all possible histograms that can be observed or computed.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

This book develops deterministic chaos and fractals from the standpoint of iterated maps, but the emphasis makes it very different from all other books in the field. It provides the reader with an introduction to more recent developments, such as weak universality, multifractals, and shadowing, as well as to older subjects like universal critical exponents, devil's staircases and the Farey tree. The author uses a fully discrete method, a 'theoretical computer arithmetic', because finite (but not fixed) precision cannot be avoided in computation or experiment. This leads to a more general formulation in terms of symbolic dynamics and to the idea of weak universality. The connection is made with Turing's ideas of computable numbers and it is explained why the continuum approach leads to predictions that are not necessarily realized in computation or in nature, whereas the discrete approach yields all possible histograms that can be observed or computed.

Revue de presse

' a very readable account ... an excellent introduction to fractals and deterministic chaos ...' Chemistry in Britain

'very well written' Journal of the Association of C and C++ Users

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Éditeur
Cambridge University Press
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0521467470
ISBN 13 
9780521467476
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
348
Coordonnées du fabricant
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9780521416580: Chaos, Dynamics, and Fractals: An Algorithmic Approach to Deterministic Chaos

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0521416582 ISBN 13 :  9780521416580
Editeur : Cambridge University Press, 1993
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