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- From: hurd@MATH.GATECH.EDU (Lyman Hurd)
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- Subject: new book: Fractal Image Compression
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- Date: 6 Jan 93 18:48:04 GMT
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- I am pleased to announce the arrival of the book:
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- Fractal Image Compression
- by Michael Barnsley and Lyman Hurd.
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- hardbound 244 pages, 16 color plates
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- A sequel to Fractals Everywhere, Fractal Image Compression describes the
- mathematics underlying the Fractal Transform an image compression method
- discovered by Michael Barnsley and developed at Iterated Systems. Topics
- include:
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- * Iterated Function Systems
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- * Local IFS and the Black and White Fractal Transform
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- * The Grayscale Fractal Transform
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- * Information Theory
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- * Huffman codes
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- * Arithmetic Codes
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- * JPEG Image Compression
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- Example programs in C are interspersed throughout the text.
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- Copies can be ordered directly from the publisher by the following
- methods:
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- 1) Email: send a message to kpeters@math.harvard.edu with name address and
- a Mastercard or Visa card number WITH EXPIRATION DATE.
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- 2) Mail: Check or money order or the above credit card information to:
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- AK Peters, Ltd.
- 289 Linden St.
- Wellesley, MA 02181
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- 3) Phone (credit card orders) (617) 235-2210 (voice) (617) 235-2404 (fax)
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- The book is $49.95 including shipping. Residents of Massachusetts please
- add 5% sales tax.
-