Fractal Functions, Fractal Surfaces, and Wavelets [Hardcover]

Fractal Functions, Fractal Surfaces, and Wavelets is the first systematic exposition of the theory of fractal surfaces, a natural outgrowth of fractal sets and fractal functions. It is also the first treatment to bring these general considerations to bear on the burgeoning field of wavelets. The text is based on Massopusts work on and contributions to the theory of fractal functions, and the author uses a number of tools--including analysis, topology, algebra, and probability theory--to introduce readers to this new subject. Though much of the material presented in this book is relatively current (developed in the past decade by the author and his colleagues) and fairly specialized, an informative background is provided for those

• First systematic treatment of fractal surfaces
• Links fractals and wavelets
• Provides background for those entering the field
• Contains color insert

(Subchapter Titles): I. Foundations. Mathematical Preliminaries: Analysis and Topology. Probability Theory. Algebra. Construction of Fractal Sets: Classical Fractal Sets. Iterated Function Systems. Recurrent Sets. Graph Directed Fractal Constructions. Dimension Theory: Topological Dimensions. Metric Dimensions. Probabilistic Dimensions. Dimension Results for Self-Affine Fractals. The Box Dimension of Projections. Dynamical Systems and Dimension. II. Fractal Functions and Fractal Surfaces: Fractal Function Construction: The Read-BajraktarevicOperator. Recurrent Sets as Fractal Functions. Iterative Interpolation Functions. Recurrent Fractal Functions. Hidden Variable Fractal Functions. Properties of Fractal Functions. Peano Curves. Fractal Functions of Class Ck. Dimension of Fractal Functions: Dimension Calculations. Function Spacel£$