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Symmetry in chaos : a search for pattern in mathematics, art, and nature / Michael Field, Martin Golubitsky.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Philadelphia, PA : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics, [2009]Copyright date: ©2009Edition: Second editionDescription: xiv, 199 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0898716721
  • 9780898716726
Other title:
  • Search for pattern in mathematics, art, and nature
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 500.201185 23
LOC classification:
  • Q172.5.S95 F54 2009
Contents:
Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- 1. Introduction to symmetry and chaos; -- 2. Planar symmetries; -- 3. Patterns everywhere; -- 4. Chaos and symmetry creation; -- 5. Symmetric icons; -- 6. Quilts; -- 7. Symmetric fractals -- Appendix A. Picture parameters -- Appendix B. Icon mappings -- Appendix C. Planar lattice.
Summary: "Mathematical symmetry and chaos come together to form striking, beautiful color images throughout this impressive work, which addresses how the dynamics of complexity can produce familiar universal patterns. The book, a richly illustrated blend of mathematics and art, was widely hailed in publications as diverse as the New York Review of Books, Scientific American, and Science when first published in 1992. This much-anticipated second edition features many new illustrations and addresses the progress made in the mathematics and science underlying symmetric chaos in recent years..."--Publisher's website.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface to the second edition -- Preface to the first edition -- 1. Introduction to symmetry and chaos; -- 2. Planar symmetries; -- 3. Patterns everywhere; -- 4. Chaos and symmetry creation; -- 5. Symmetric icons; -- 6. Quilts; -- 7. Symmetric fractals -- Appendix A. Picture parameters -- Appendix B. Icon mappings -- Appendix C. Planar lattice.

"Mathematical symmetry and chaos come together to form striking, beautiful color images throughout this impressive work, which addresses how the dynamics of complexity can produce familiar universal patterns. The book, a richly illustrated blend of mathematics and art, was widely hailed in publications as diverse as the New York Review of Books, Scientific American, and Science when first published in 1992. This much-anticipated second edition features many new illustrations and addresses the progress made in the mathematics and science underlying symmetric chaos in recent years..."--Publisher's website.

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