Based on a course given to talented high-school students at Ohio
University in 1988, this book is essentially an advanced undergraduate
textbook about the mathematics of fractal geometry. The book provides a
significant contribution to material already published about the
beautiful mathematical objects drawn by computers using recursive or
iterative algorithms. It nicely bridges the gap between traditional
books on topology/analysis and more specialized treatises on fractal
geometry. There are changes throughout the text in this updated edition,
taking into account developments in the subject matter since 1990.
Sections have been rewritten and are now clearer and more focused. The
book also contains many good illustrations of fractals, including 16
color plates.