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SuperFractals

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For someone who has had a good undergraduate analysis course (also known as "advanced calculus" some places), with a solid introduction to the topology of the real line, this book provides an excellent application to fractals, and a great extension to the real plane. Without this understanding, you can probably pick up enough from the examples to get some use out of this, but you'd have a tough time working all the exercises, or getting a full understanding of the math. I'd also suggest, for other non-programmers, that you pick up a (free) copy of the Processing programming language (Processing.org), or something similar, to try your own examples as you go. Like I said, for someone like me, a math teacher 20-some years out of college, it's a great way to review topics I haven't seen in a while, and an excellent sequel to "Fractals Everywhere." I've been waiting a while for this book; glad it's finally out.

The illustrations alone are worth the price - twice over. And the generous layout, font selection and overall readability is a delight. I also love the very practical treatment of the mathematics without descending to "popular" exposition. Warning: university level set theory, geometry and topology required.

But there is a flaw in the book. The volume is some 450 pages long but it really needs to be about three times this size to adequately cover the material presented. As it stands, those not already familiar with the topic and with adequate prerequisites will find it very heavy going. A partial solution is to get something like Falconer and a couple of maths primers as a companion.

Prof. Michael Barnsley has demonstrated once again that his approach to pattern analysis in the real-world, namely self-similar patterns, through iterated functions and random dynamical systems, works for more complex and amazingly complex and beautiful patterns, by expanding his previous theory developed in his earlier book. Besides the nice mathematics and recent theoretical developments by him and others, the many beautifully produced figures in the book are already worthy the price of the book, which I am surprised is such a bargain.

This is the best book I have seen on fractals. It gives a deep, sweeping mathematical account of the amazing properties of fractal images that are not presented in other books I have read on the subject. I was astounded at the content of this book, it was far more than what I had expected!

The title implies some kind of major generalization or extension of fractals, but I didn't find any evidence of this. The author claims that there are 'many applications' for superfractals, but neglects to mention or describe even one.

The order reached me after so many calls. The actual order did not reached me and amazon reorder that for me and even charge me for that which they refund me later onbut for that I have to call international number many time which cost me a lot . I must say not a good expereince this time . Hoping a batter one next time