Complex Dynamics: Twenty-Five Years After the Appearance of the Mandelbrot Set (Contemporary Mathematics) - Softcover

Devaney, Robert L.; Keen, Linda; AMS-IMS-SIAM JOINT SUMMER RESEARCH CONFE

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0821836250 ISBN 13: 9780821836255

Publisher: American Mathematical Society, 2006

Synopsis

Chaotic behavior of (even the simplest) iterations of polynomial maps of the complex plane was known for almost one hundred years due to the pioneering work of Farou, Julia, and their contemporaries. However, it was only twenty-five years ago that the first computer generated images illustrating properties of iterations of quadratic maps appeared. These images of the so-called Mandelbrot and Julia sets immediately resulted in a strong resurgence of interest in complex dynamics. The present volume, based on the talks at the conference commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of the appearance of Mandelbrot sets, provides a panorama of current research in this truly fascinating area of mathematics

Edition details

• Publisher: American Mathematical Society
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0821836250
• ISBN 13: 9780821836255
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 206