Chaos and fractals a computer graphical journey : ten year compilation of advanced research - Pickover, Clifford A. (Amsterdam New York Elsevier, 1998)
Abbreviated contents. Introduction. Part 1. Geometry and Nature. Chaos game visualization of sequences (H.J. Jeffrey). Tumor growth simulation (W. Duchting). Computer simulation of the morphology and development of several species of seaweed using Lindenmayer systems (J.D. Corbit, D.J. Garbary). Part II. Attractors. Automatic generation of strange attractors (J.C. Sprott). Attractors with dueling symmetry (C.A. Reiter). A new feature in H?enon's map (M. Michelitsch, O.E. R?ossler). Part III. Cellular Automata, Gaskets, and Koch Curves. Sensitivity in cellular automata: some examples (M. Frame). One tub, eight blocks, twelve blinkers and other views of life (J.E. Pulsifer, C.A. Reiter). Scouts in hyperspace (S. Shepard, A. Simoson). Part IV. Mandelbrot, Julia and Other Complex Maps. A tutorial on efficient computer graphics representations of the Mandelbrot set (R. Rojas). Julia sets in the quaternions (A. Norton). Self-similar sequences and chaos from Gauss sums (A. Lakhtakia, R. Messier). Part V. Iterated Function Systems. Some nonlinear iterated function systems (M. Frame, M. Angers). Balancing order and chaos in image generation (K. Culik II, S. Dube). Estimating the spatial extent of attractors of iterated function systems (D. Canright). Automatic generation of iterated function systems (J.C. Sprott). Modelling and rendering of nonlinear iterated function systems (E. Gr?oller). Part VI. Computer Art. Automatic parallel generation of aeolian fractals on the IBM power visualization system (C.A. Pickover). Julia set art and fractals in the complex plane (I.D. Entwistle). Methods of displaying the behaviour of the mapping (I.D. Entwistle). AUTUMN -- a recipe for artistic fractal images (J.E. Loyless). Author index. Subject index.
Keywords: Computer graphics; Fractals; Electronic books