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What is "Fractal Image Compression" anyway? You will have to read (he book to find out
everything about it, and if you read the book, you really will find out almost everything that is
currently known about it. In a sentence or two: fractal image compression is a method, or class
of methods, that allows images to be stored on computers in much less memory than standard
ways of storing images. The "fractal" part means that the methods have something to do with
fractals, complicated looking sets that arise out of simple algorithms.
This book contains a collection of articles on fractal image compression. Beginners will find
simple explanations, working Сcode, and exercises to check their progress. Mathematicians
will find a rigorous and detailed development of the subject. Non-mathematicians will find
a parallel intuitive discussion that explains what is behind all the "theorem-proofs." Finally,
researchers - even researchers in fractal image compression - will find new and exciting results,
both theoretical and applied.
This book presents the theory and application of new methods of image compression based on self-transformations of an image. These methods lead to a representation of an image as a fractal, an object with detail at all scales. Very practical and completely up-to-date, this book will serve as a useful reference for those working in image processing and encoding and as a great introduction for those unfamiliar with fractals. The book begins with an elementary introduction to the concept of fractal image compression and contains a rigorous description of all the relevant mathemtics of the subjects. |
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Vitamin Analysis for the Health and Food Sciences, Second Edition
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