Complex Images

Synopsis: The four bands of this DVD consist entirely of computer-generated animations showing features of complex arithmetic, complex functions and limiting processes. The band on complex arithmetic demonstrates cartesian and polar co-ordinates, complex addition, complex multiplication, division and reciprocals, powers and roots. The band on complex functions shows the effect on cartesian and polar grids of a variety of complex functions, including power functions, exponential and trigonometric functions, and the principal logarithm function. The band on limiting processes shows the meaning of the epsilon-N definition of the convergence of a complex sequence (and also the meaning of the related definition of divergence), the definition of continuity in terms of sequences, and the effect of the derivative of a function in relating a sequence to its image. The final band discusses quadratic iteration sequences. The classification of the behaviour of such sequences leads to the Mandelbrot set, and the associated Julia sets.
Series: Complex Analysis, Course M337
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video
Year of production: 1993
Availability: Sale; 1997 sale: £55.00 (+VAT +p&p)
Subjects: Mathematics
Keywords: complex variables; Mandelbrot set; mathematical functions

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