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Benoit Mandelbrot dies at 85

Submitted by Mike Ciavarella on
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How Mandelbrot caused confusion

Benoît Mandelbrot: from cauliflowers to cosmic secrets

 

 

 

 

 

Mandelbrot has passed away last week.  A very interesting  mathematician, who received tenure from Yale only at 75, he has introduced fractals also in fracture mechanics.
Benoit Mandelbrot, Father of Fractals, Dies at 85

 

 

 

 

 

Remembrance of Benoit Mandelbrot, the father of fractal geometry

 

 

CSR and Systemically Dangerous Ideas

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arash_yavari

Thanks Mike. This is another sad news. I met Mandelbrot in 2001 in Caltech before his invited seminar and spent an hour with him. We discussed fractals and fractures and then he started talking about Iran and politics. It was a very pleasant and memorable conversation.

Mon, 10/25/2010 - 02:03 Permalink