Benoît Mandelbrot

1924–2010

Polish-born French-American mathematician who coined fractal geometry and connected self-similar mathematics with forms found throughout nature.

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Patterns shaped by their work

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$Mandelbrot Set, fractal$

Mandelbrot Set

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