Indra's pearls : (Record no. 521940)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | CR9781107050051 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER | |
| control field | UkCbUP |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20200124160321.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781107050051 (ebook) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9780521352536 (hardback) |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| Cancelled/invalid ISBN | 9781107564749 (paperback) |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | UkCbUP |
| Language of cataloging | eng |
| Description conventions | rda |
| Transcribing agency | UkCbUP |
| 050 00 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER | |
| Classification number | QA614.86 |
| Item number | .M86 2002 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 514/.742 |
| Edition number | 21 |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Mumford, David, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1937- |
| Relator term | author. |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Indra's pearls : |
| Remainder of title | the vision of Felix Klein / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | David Mumford, Caroline Series, and David Wright ; with cartoons by Larry Gonick. |
| 264 #1 - Production, Publication, Distribution, Manufacture, and Copyright Notice (R) | |
| Place of production, publication, distribution, manufacture (R) | Cambridge : |
| Name of producer, publisher, distributor, manufacturer (R) | Cambridge University Press, |
| Date of production, publication, distribution, manufacture, or copyright notice | 2002. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 1 online resource (xix, 395 pages) : |
| Other physical details | digital, PDF file(s). |
| 336 ## - Content Type (R) | |
| Content type term (R) | text |
| Content type code (R) | txt |
| Source (NR) | rdacontent |
| 337 ## - Media Type (R) | |
| Media type term (R) | computer |
| Media type code (R) | c |
| Source (NR) | rdamedia |
| 338 ## - Carrier Type (R) | |
| Carrier type term (R) | online resource |
| Carrier type code (R) | cr |
| Source (NR) | rdacarrier |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | 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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | 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. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Klein, Felix, |
| Dates associated with a name | 1849-1925. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Fractals. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Series, Caroline, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wright, David James, |
| Relator term | author. |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Gonick, Larry, |
| Relator term | illustrator. |
| 776 08 - ADDITIONAL PHYSICAL FORM ENTRY | |
| Display text | Print version: |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780521352536 |
| 856 40 - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107050051">https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107050051</a> |
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