A Primer on Chaos and Fractals

Authors

Bruce Kessler, Western Kentucky UniversityFollow

Abstract

This is a prelude to a performance of the play "Arcadia" exclusively for the science and math majors of Lipscomb University. One of the main characters of the story is a mathematical genius, and has realized the power and limitations of iterations in generating mathematical models and structures, although she is living in the early 1800's. This talk gives an introduction to the ideas of chaos theory, fractals, and randomness.

Disciplines

Applied Mathematics | Mathematics

Recommended Repository Citation

Kessler, Bruce. (2011). A Primer on Chaos and Fractals. Lipscomb University.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/math_fac_pub/34