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Overview
The author integrates discussions of fractal geometry, surface modeling techniques, and applications to real world problems to provide a comprehensive, accessible overview of the field. His work will equip researchers with the basic tools for measurement and interpretation of data, stimulating more work on these problems and, perhaps, leading to an understanding of the reasons that Nature has adopted this geometry to shape much of our world.
Synopsis
The author integrates discussions of fractal geometry, surface modeling techniques, and applications to real world problems to provide a comprehensive, accessible overview of the field. His work will equip researchers with the basic tools for measurement and interpretation of data, stimulating more work on these problems and, perhaps, leading to an understanding of the reasons that Nature has adopted this geometry to shape much of our world.
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Covers history, classes of fractal surfaces, measuring the fractal dimension of a boundary line, the relationship between boundary lines and surfaces, Hurst and Fourier analysis, light reflection and scattering, modeling fractal profiles and surfaces, mixed fractals, and examples of fractal surface. "Fractals," a PASCAL program for the synthesis and analysis of fractal surface images, is included on disk in both a Microsoft Windows and Macintosh version. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)