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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. Where is Michael Barnsley from?
(a) England.
(b) Poland.
(c) Scotland.
(d) Spain.
2. Who began to call the global construction of fractals "the chaos game" according to the author in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?
(a) Michael Barnsley.
(b) Albert Libchaber.
(c) Conrad Aiken.
(d) Leo Kadanoff.
3. Gleick compares the Mandlebrot Set to what set in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?
(a) The Martha Set.
(b) The Valerie Set.
(c) The Julia Set.
(d) The Karen Set.
4. What occurs when a fluid flows in parallel layers, with no disruption between the layers?
(a) Laminar flow.
(b) Chaos theory.
(c) Theoretical physics.
(d) Momentum diffusion.
5. When was Michael Barnsley's book SuperFractals published?
(a) 2001.
(b) 1995.
(c) 2006.
(d) 1998.
Short Answer Questions
1. What is a lossy compression method for digital images based on fractals?
2. Where did Michael Barnsley earn his Ph.D.?
3. When was Albert Libchaber born?
4. At what institution did Albert Libchaber become a professor of physics in 1991?
5. Where did Albert Libchaber earn a M.S. degree in physics?
Short Essay Questions
1. How were fractal basin boundaries used in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"? What scientists studied the transitions?
2. Describe the Julia set. How is it related to the Fatou set?
3. To whom does the author compare the background of Albert Libchaber in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"? When was Albert Libchaber born?
4. How are Feigenbaum constants defined?
5. How did Barnsley's approach differ from that of Richter and Peitgen in Chapter 8, "Images of Chaos"?
6. How had Albert Libchaber gained fame in his career, according to the author in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"?
7. What problems did turbulence cause for physicists and scientists, according to the author in Chapter 5, "Strange Attractors"?
8. Describe the career of Heinz-Otto Peitgen. Where is Peitgen from?
9. How are the Navier-Stokes equations defined? For whom are they named?
10. Whose results did Albert Libchaber inadvertently recreate in Chapter 7, "The Experimenter"?
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