Thinking In Patterns

Fractals And Related Phenomena In Nature

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Fractal geometry, together with the broader fields of nonlinear dynamics and complexity, represented a large segment of modern science at the end of the 20th century. Penetration of the resulting new paradigms into practically all academic disciplines has confirmed the fundamental assertion of universal formalism common to a wide range of human endeavors. This book contains an extended article by B B Mandelbrot, reviewing his contribution to fractal geometry and outlining some unsolved problems, with illustrations especially of finance and physics. It covers a range of multidisciplinary topics - from the biology of aging, through the self-similar shape of plants, image decompression and solar magnetic fields, to sound reflection in the street. The book is a treasure trove for innovative researchers working in fields related to fractal geometry.

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Preface
Selected topics in mathematics, physics, and finance originating in fractal geometry	p. 1
A renewal process of Mittag-Leffler type	p. 35
On the activity of absorbing irregular interfaces	p. 47
Fractal deformation using displacement vectors and their increasing rates based on extended unit iterated shuffle transformation	p. 57
Multifractal and stochastic analysis of electropolished surfaces	p. 69
A method for numerical estimation of generalized Renyi dimensions of affine recurrent IFS invariant measures	p. 79
Nonlinear dynamics and prediction of the Caspian sea level	p. 91
Self-similarity in plants : integrating mathematical and biological perspectives	p. 103
Cognitive scale-free networks as a model for intermittency in human natural language	p. 119
The complexity of biological ageing	p. 131
Fitting curves by fractal interpolation : an application to the quantification of cognitive brain processes	p. 143
Stochastic and regular components in forcing of solar large-scale structures	p. 155
Fast, efficient on-line simulation of self-similar processes	p. 165
Fractal geometry in the arts : an overview across the different cultures	p. 177
Fractal properties and characterization of road profiles	p. 189
Fractal distributions of temperature, salinity and fluorescence in spring 2001-2002 in south San Francisco Bay	p. 199
Characterization of fractal structures through a Hausdorf measures based method	p. 213
Fractal scattering indicators for urban sound diffusion	p. 221
Binomial multiplicative model of critical fragmentation	p. 233
Study on the improved fractal interpolation surface of the attitude and surface of fault	p. 243
A deterministic power domain algorithm for fractal image decompression	p. 255
Comparative dynamical scaling analysis of quasi-2D electrodeposited silver patterns under localized and non-localized random quenched noise	p. 267
Epidermal ridges : positional information coded in an orientational field	p. 279
Multiscale principle components	p. 291
Coexistence of doublon and dendrite structure with phase-field model	p. 301
Fractality and fractal dimension in Mesoamerican pyramid analysis	p. 309
Morphological variety in crystal growth of mercury (II) chloride on agar slides	p. 311
Fractal characteristics of Bainbridge Crater Lake sediment gray-scale intensity data documenting the frequency and intensity of holocene El Nino/southern oscillation events	p. 313
Fractals and plant water use efficiency	p. 315
Need and feasibility of applying L-system models in agricultural crop modeling	p. 317
Fractal detection and avoidance using RS statistics and honeybee navigational skills in dynamic environments	p. 319
Signal and image processing with FracLab	p. 321
Author index	p. 323
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