1.

Record Nr.

UNISA996389970503316

Autore

Clarke John <d. 1658.>

Titolo

Paroemiologia Anglo-Latina [[electronic resource] ] : in usum scholarum concinnata. Or proverbs English, and Latine, methodically disposed according to the common-place heads, in Erasmus his adages. Very use-full and delightful for all sorts of men, on all occasions. More especially profitable for scholars for the attaining elegancie, sublimitie, and varietie of the best expressions

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Imprinted by Felix Kyngston for Robert Mylbourne, and are to be sold at the signe of the Vncorne [sic] neere Fleet-bridge, 1639

Descrizione fisica

[16], 329, [7] p

Soggetti

Proverbs, English

Proverbs, Latin

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Running title reads: Adagia Anglo-Latina.

Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0113



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910783070103321

Autore

Mumford David <1937->

Titolo

Indra's pearls : the vision of Felix Klein / / David Mumford, Caroline Series, and David Wright ; with cartoons by Larry Gonick [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002

ISBN

1-107-71306-4

0-511-05897-7

1-107-71268-8

0-511-06743-7

1-107-71814-7

0-511-06530-2

1-107-05005-7

0-511-15720-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xix, 395 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

514/.742

Soggetti

Fractals

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di contenuto

The language of symmetry -- A delightful fiction -- Double spirals and Möbius maps -- The Schottky dance -- Fractal dust and infinite words -- Indra's necklace -- The glowing gasket -- Playing with parameters -- Accidents will happen -- Between the cracks -- Crossing boundaries -- Epilogue -- Index -- Road map.

Sommario/riassunto

Felix Klein, one of the great nineteenth-century geometers, discovered in mathematics an idea prefigured in Buddhist mythology: the heaven of Indra contained a net of pearls, each of which was reflected in its neighbour, so that the whole Universe was mirrored in each pearl. Klein studied infinitely repeated reflections and was led to forms with multiple coexisting symmetries. For a century, these images barely existed outside the imagination of mathematicians. However, in the 1980s, the authors embarked on the first computer exploration of Klein's vision, and in doing so found many further extraordinary images. Join the authors on the path from basic mathematical ideas to



the simple algorithms that create the delicate fractal filigrees, most of which have never appeared in print before. Beginners can follow the step-by-step instructions for writing programs that generate the images. Others can see how the images relate to ideas at the forefront of research.