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Encounters with Chaos and Fractals
Denny Gulick
Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC (2012)Details: 371 pages, Hardcover
Edition: 2
Price: $79.95
ISBN: 9781584885177
Category: Textbook
Topics: Fractals, Chaos
MAA Review
[Reviewed by Fernando Q. Gouvêa, on 02/14/2013]The Telegraphic Review of the first edition, in the February 1993 issue of the American Mathematical Monthly, described this book as an
Accessible post-calculus introduction to the central ideas and techniques of dynamical systems. Two chapters analyzing the standard one-dimensional examples. One chapter each on two-dimensional examples (Hénon, horseshoe), fractals, and differential equations. TRUE Basic computer programs; plenty of exercises.
The second edition has many new graphics and diagrams. The computer programs are now in Matlab. The book can be used as a textbook for an undergraduate course.
Fernando Q. Gouvêa is the Editor of MAA Reviews.