LEADER 03189nam 22006372 450 001 9910449939603321 005 20160428102628.0 010 $a1-107-71306-4 010 $a0-511-05897-7 010 $a1-107-71268-8 010 $a0-511-06743-7 010 $a1-107-71814-7 010 $a0-511-06530-2 010 $a1-107-05005-7 010 $a0-511-15720-7 035 $a(CKB)1000000000003980 035 $a(EBL)217854 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000280750 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11912436 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000280750 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10299912 035 $a(PQKB)11024140 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781107050051 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC217854 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL217854 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10014603 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL589058 035 $a(OCoLC)70763570 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000003980 100 $a20130326d2002|||| uy| 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aIndra's pearls $ethe vision of Felix Klein /$fDavid Mumford, Caroline Series, and David Wright ; with cartoons by Larry Gonick$b[electronic resource] 210 1$aCambridge :$cCambridge University Press,$d2002. 215 $a1 online resource (xix, 395 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a1-107-56474-3 311 $a0-521-35253-3 327 $aThe language of symmetry -- A delightful fiction -- Double spirals and Mo?bius 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. 330 $aFelix 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. 606 $aFractals 615 0$aFractals. 676 $a514/.742 700 $aMumford$b David$f1937-$042095 702 $aSeries$b Caroline 702 $aWright$b David James 702 $aGonick$b Larry 801 0$bUkCbUP 801 1$bUkCbUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910449939603321 996 $aIndra's pearls$91903602 997 $aUNINA