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OverviewThis lovely little book will take off and fly on its own power, but the author has asked me to write a few words, and one should not say no to a friend. Specific topics in fractal geometry and its applications have already benefited from several excellent surveys of moderate length, and gossip and preliminary drafts tell us that we shall soon see several monographic treatments of broader topics. For the teacher, however, these surveys and monographs are not enough, and an urgent need for more helpful books has been widely recognized. To write such a book is no easy task, but Jens Feder meets the challenge head on. His approach combines the old Viking's willingness to attack many difficulties at the same time, and the modern Norwegian's ability to achieve fine balance between diverging needs. lowe him special gratitude for presenting the main facts about R/ S analysis of long-run dependence; now a wide scientific public will have access to a large group of papers of mine that had until this day remained fairly confidential. Last but not least, we are all grateful to Jens for not having allowed undue personal modesty to deprive us of accounts of his own group's varied and excellent work. He did not attempt to say everything, but what he said is just fine. Benoit B. Mandelbrot Physics Department, IBM Thomas J. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jens FederPublisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Imprint: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1988 Dimensions: Width: 21.00cm , Height: 1.70cm , Length: 29.70cm Weight: 0.822kg ISBN: 9781489921260ISBN 10: 1489921265 Pages: 284 Publication Date: 04 June 2013 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsThe Fractal Dimension.- The Cluster Fractal Dimension.- Viscous Fingering in Porous Media.- Cantor Sets.- Multifractal Measures.- Percolation.- Fractal Records in Time.- Random Walks and Fractals.- Self-Similarity and Self-Affinity.- Wave-Height Statistics.- The Perimeter-Area Relation.- Fractal Surfaces.- Observations of Fractal Surfaces.Reviews'This lovely little book will take off and fly far.' Benoit Mandelbrot, author of The Fractal Geometry of Nature `This lovely little book will take off and fly far.' Benoit Mandelbrot, author of The Fractal Geometry of Nature Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |