{"product_id":"9781032677866-encounters-with-chaos-fractals","title":"Encounters with Chaos and Fractals","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cp\u003eEncounters with Chaos and Fractals, Third Edition provides an accessible introduction to chaotic dynamics and fractal geometry. It incorporates important mathematical concepts and backs up the definitions and results with motivation, examples, and applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEncounters with Chaos and Fractals, Third Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e provides an accessible introduction to chaotic dynamics and fractal geometry. It incorporates important mathematical concepts and backs up the definitions and results with motivation, examples, and applications.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe third edition updates this classic book for a modern audience. New applications on contemporary topics, like data science and mathematical modeling, appear throughout. Coding activities are transitioned to open-source programming languages, including Python.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe text begins with examples of mathematical behavior exhibited by chaotic systems, first in one dimension and then in two and three dimensions. Focusing on fractal geometry, the authors introduce famous, infinitely complicated fractals. How to obtain computer renditions of them is explained. The book concludes with Julia sets and the Mandelbrot set.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Third Edition includes:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMore coding activities incorporated in each section with expanded code to include pseudo-code, with specific examples in MATLAB® (or its open-source cousin Octave) and Python\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAdditional exercises—many updated—from previous editions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eProof-writing exercises for a more theoretical course\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRevised sections to include historical context\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShort sections added to explain applied problems in developing mathematics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis edition reveals how these ideas are continuing to be applied in the 21st century, while connecting to the long and winding history of dynamical systems. The primary focus is the beauty and diversity of these ideas. Offering more than enough material for a one-semester course, the authors show how these subjects continue to grow within mathematics and in many other disciplines.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41619733872737,"sku":"9781032677866","price":127.27,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29766691.jpg?v=1760345654","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781032677866-encounters-with-chaos-fractals","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}