Analysis on Fractals

Self-contained introduction to analysis on fractals, a developing area of mathematics, for graduates and researchers.

Jun Kigami (Author)

9780521793216, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 7 June 2001

236 pages, 12 b/w illus.
23.7 x 15.9 x 2 cm, 0.46 kg

'This book is an introduction to the subject written by one of the active researchers in the area. It is recommended to those who would like to go from the basics to current research topics.' Acta. Sci. Math.

This book covers analysis on fractals, a developing area of mathematics which focuses on the dynamical aspects of fractals, such as heat diffusion on fractals and the vibration of a material with fractal structure. The book provides a self-contained introduction to the subject, starting from the basic geometry of self-similar sets and going on to discuss recent results, including the properties of eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of the Laplacians, and the asymptotical behaviors of heat kernels on self-similar sets. Requiring only a basic knowledge of advanced analysis, general topology and measure theory, this book will be of value to graduate students and researchers in analysis and probability theory. It will also be useful as a supplementary text for graduate courses covering fractals.

Introduction
1. Geometry of self-similar sets
2. Analysis on limits of networks
3. Construction of Laplacians on P. C. F. self-similar structures
4. Eigenvalues and eigenfunctions of Laplacians
5. Heat kernels
Appendix A: Additional fact
Appendix B: Mathematical backgrounds
Bibliography
List of notations
Index.

Subject Areas: Geometry [PBM], Calculus & mathematical analysis [PBK]