Fractal Geometry and Stochastics II (Progress in Probability) [Hardcover]

Christoph Bandt (Editor), Siegfried Graf (Editor), Martina Zähle (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 15, 2000 | ISBN-10: 3764362154 | ISBN-13: 978-3764362157 | Edition: 1

A collection of contributions by outstanding mathematicians, highlighting the principal directions of research on the combination of fractal geometry and stochastic methods. Clear expositions introduce the most recent results and problems on these subjects and give an overview of their historical development.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 318 pages
• Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel; 1 edition (March 15, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 3764362154
• ISBN-13: 978-3764362157
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,804,093 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Pictures and math., March 2, 2003

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Palle E T Jorgensen "Palle Jorgensen" (Iowa City, Iowa United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fractal Geometry and Stochastics II (Progress in Probability) (Hardcover)

This is a very nice collection of papers: tutorials, and well written research presented to a wide audience. They cover stochastic aspects, geometry, analysis, iterated function systems, algorithms, to mention just a few. And they are written by authorities in the field. Fractals make headlines from time to time[--are they everywhere?], and and they make lovely color pictures; but they are also part of a substantial mathematical theory, one with an exciting mathematical history. This very important book presents the subject in a way that it can be taught to students. Or it can be used for selfstudy! In view of the many applications to geometric analysis, to PDE, and to statistics, it is likely that fractal geometry will soon be a standard math course taught in many (more) math departments. A recent example of this: By now it is widely recognized that the selfsimilarity aspects of the wavelet algorithms are key to their sucess. The authors have produced an attractive book on fractals. There are others, for example one by Falconer from 1985[The geometry of fractal sets] with a slightly more potential theoretic bent.