Prerequisites: MATH 010B, MATH 046, completion of or concurrent enrollment in MATH 144; or consent of instructor
Description: Covers classical fractals, fractal dimensions, self-simi- lar fractals, fractal curves and sets, random fractals, chaotic dynamics and fractals, iteration theory: Julia set and the Mandelbrot set. Also covers the beauty of fractals, mathematical description of irregular shapes (clouds, trees, coastlines, mountains, galaxies, lungs, snowflakes), and applications to physics, engineering, biology and computer graphics.