Beschreibung:
This study of chaos, fractals and complex dynamics is intended for anyone familiar with computers. It shows how to create fractals with the reader's computer. Sample programs are provided for IBM-PC with MS-DOS and Turbo Pascal, UNIX 42BSD with Berkeley Pascal and C. Other routines are given for Apple Macintosh, Apple IIE and IIGS and Atari ST.
Foreword: new directions in computer graphics: experimental mathematics; Preface to the German edition; 1. Researchers discover chaos; 2. Between order and chaos: Feigenbaum diagrams; 3. Strange attractors; 4. Greetings from Sir Isaac; 5. Complex frontiers; 6. Encounter with the gingerbread man; 7. New sights - new insights; 8. Fractal computer graphics; 9. Step by step into chaos; 10. Journey to the land of infinite structures; 11. Building blocks for graphics experiments; 12. Pascal and the fig-trees; 13. Appendices; Index.