Title: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Russ McClay on October 16, 2010, 12:34:16 PM Apparently on Friday, October 15, 2010.
What a legacy he has left behind; and what a tremendous influence his discovery has been in my life. -r Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: cbuchner1 on October 16, 2010, 01:38:05 PM What a legacy he has left behind. "Bottomless wonders spring from simple rules, which are repeated without end". Rest in peace. Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Sockratease on October 16, 2010, 02:22:07 PM That's sad news.
We'll all mourn for him in our own ways. And hope that whatever spiritual belief systems each of us hold treat him kindly in whatever comes next... Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: ramblerette on October 16, 2010, 02:32:00 PM He has lived and died but his legacy will take us company
Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: bib on October 16, 2010, 02:34:41 PM I feel very sad :(:(:(:(
(although I did not find true confirmation on the internet) Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Sockratease on October 16, 2010, 02:37:00 PM I feel very sad :(:(:(:( (although I did not find true confirmation on the internet) Agreed. His Wikipedia Entry has a Death Notice, but that was all I could find too. One would think this would be bigger news. Russ - where did you hear this? EDIT - Found this: http://kottke.org/10/10/benoit-mandelbrot-rip Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: bib on October 16, 2010, 02:53:58 PM We will never be able to pay the tribute this man deserves.
Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Thunderwave on October 16, 2010, 04:07:01 PM Agreed with all of you, I checked it out to make sure as well and then I turned my Deep zoom into a film to honor him on youtube.
I posted it in the (rate my movie) topic. http://www.fractalforums.com/movies-showcase-%28rate-my-movie%29/in-honor-of-mandelbrot-10152010/ (http://www.fractalforums.com/movies-showcase-%28rate-my-movie%29/in-honor-of-mandelbrot-10152010/) Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: jehovajah on October 16, 2010, 04:24:12 PM Everything seems to be gearing up. Tracking (http://laughingsquid.com/benoit-b-mandelbrot-1924-2010-father-of-fractal-geometry/), obituary (http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/mandelbrot.html), even the bad taste humour.
So i guess big release coming later when people realise there is a need to announce it. Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Rathinagiri on October 16, 2010, 04:25:50 PM Great souls never die. Just like a never ending fractal...
Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Wel lEnTaoed on October 16, 2010, 04:27:32 PM Apparently on Friday, October 15, 2010. Thanks for posting. Why did I only hear it here? Don't think I can add anymore than has already been said. :sad1: :'(What a legacy he has left behind; and what a tremendous influence his discovery has been in my life. -r Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Lee Oliver on October 16, 2010, 04:29:04 PM He has been a great inspiration to us all. May he rest in peace.
quod est inferius est sicut quod est superius, et quod est superius est sicut quod est inferius. Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Thunderwave on October 16, 2010, 04:37:35 PM http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/ (http://www.fooledbyrandomness.com/)
Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Russ McClay on October 16, 2010, 04:44:12 PM >> Russ - where did you hear this?
There's this: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/us/17mandelbrot.html Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Sockratease on October 16, 2010, 04:56:58 PM >> Russ - where did you hear this? There's this: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/us/17mandelbrot.html Thanks. That didn't turn up in any of my searches a couple hours ago! And I even resorted to google (many here know that I shun the use of google except as a last resort). I'd call that the most credible account I've seen so far. Very sad news. Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: cKleinhuis on October 16, 2010, 05:01:40 PM that is shocking! and i feel very sad now, one of my goals was to meet this guy in real live, may he rest in peace!
a great person has left the earth, but he will be remembered as one of the greatest scientist in the 20th/21th Century! Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: bib on October 16, 2010, 05:12:21 PM I hope that humanity in the 21st century will finally realize how important it is to study fractals in order to enhance universal knowledge...
I also would have loved to see Mr Mandelbrot in a conference... Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: LhoghoNurbs on October 16, 2010, 05:43:04 PM Sad news.
Mr. Mandelbrot's research inspired my love towards fractals. He did things that no one else had done before, and he endowed us with the knowledge, that beauty is infinite and infinity is beautiful. Lhogho Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: David Makin on October 16, 2010, 06:01:15 PM Very sad news and a big loss.
The end of an era in a way. Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: The Rev on October 16, 2010, 06:19:09 PM (http://www.fractalforums.com/gallery/3/3010_16_10_10_6_27_23_1.jpeg)
To paraphrase William Wallace, "Every man dies. Not every man iterates towards infinity." I think once you've made your mark on the world, you effect the way things unfold from then on. He may not be doing any new work, or saying any new words, but to call him "gone" wouldn't exactly be true. The Rev Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Brummbaer on October 16, 2010, 06:58:03 PM So sorry to hear this -- a wonderful modest and funny man -- the man who almost singlehandedly connected math and intuition --thank you for the views, the vistas, the forms nobody ever saw before, thank you and have a good trip -- assuming you will get lost in fractals as I hope, where I will be going someday.
Brummbaer Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Prokofiev on October 16, 2010, 07:03:12 PM Really sad news. :o :o :o
Not many people can be credited for a new paradigm in science. He was one of them. Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: knighty on October 16, 2010, 07:41:40 PM :sad1: :'(
Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Lee Oliver on October 16, 2010, 08:23:05 PM Here are a few of his published papers housed over at arxiv.org
http://arxiv.org/find/math/1/au:+Mandelbrot_B/0/1/0/all/0/1 Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: ker2x on October 16, 2010, 09:29:19 PM noooooooo :'(
it was announced in a lot of french media :'( Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Thunderwave on October 16, 2010, 10:17:49 PM Here are a few of his published papers housed over at arxiv.org http://arxiv.org/find/math/1/au:+Mandelbrot_B/0/1/0/all/0/1 Thanks for the link! Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Jesse on October 16, 2010, 10:51:56 PM Very sad to hear this, he seemed to be a very sympathic guy...
who knows if this forum would exists without his work. So thank you and all the best for your next life! :sad1: Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Sockratease on October 16, 2010, 11:16:08 PM Everything seems to be gearing up. Tracking (http://laughingsquid.com/benoit-b-mandelbrot-1924-2010-father-of-fractal-geometry/), obituary (http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/mandelbrot.html), even the bad taste humour... Laughing in the face of bad times is a time honored way of coping. If I may (and nobody be offended at this) I'd like to share two of the bad taste humour comments that actually made me laugh! On one board somebody posted this: Quote Police found his body in the living room, but when they tried to trace a chalk outline, they found they had to make tighter and tighter turns at the edges until the outline became transcendental and stuff. And on another was a simple: Quote Oh, frak. :( If anyone has any others that were truly funny, and not disrespectful, I say it's OK to share them. (If Trifox disagrees, he can delete this post!) (I'd understand) We can mourn his passing, but let's not forget to celebrate his Life at the same time! Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: The Rev on October 16, 2010, 11:28:00 PM LOL. I'm sure he would have laughed had he been around to hear it.
The Rev Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Prokofiev on October 16, 2010, 11:56:41 PM He has left, over the years, an infinity of small copies of himself around him, dense and strongly connected, wherever you look.
I somehow feel like one of them. Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Prokofiev on October 17, 2010, 12:15:09 AM The first tributes, from this AFP link http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jeEofMMk2ALwd4B0N06yt80Ho3DA?docId=CNG.8b21ca4f0fe5ded152fb7235fcbc6338.6d1 (http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jeEofMMk2ALwd4B0N06yt80Ho3DA?docId=CNG.8b21ca4f0fe5ded152fb7235fcbc6338.6d1)
French President Nicolas Sarkozy paid tribute to Mandelbrot, saying he had "a powerful, original mind that never shied away from innovation and battering preconceived ideas," according to a statement published by his office. Mandelbrot had been "very critical of the prevailing banking models", adding that his "warnings were not heeded," Sarkozy said. "France is proud to have received Benoit Mandelbrot and to have allowed him to benefit from the best education." David Mumford, a professor of mathematics at Brown University, told the Times that Mandelbrot had effectively revolutionized his field."Applied mathematics had been concentrating for a century on phenomena which were smooth, but many things were not like that: the more you blew them up with a microscope the more complexity you found," the Times quoted him as saying. "He was one of the primary people who realized these were legitimate objects," Mumford added. Mathematicians and economists were among those who reacted swiftly to Mandelbrot's death on the Internet. Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the statistician and philosopher best known for the book "The Black Swan," turned over his website to mourn Mandelbrot's passing. The page featured only the words: "Benoit Mandelbrot, 1924-2010, A Greek among Romans." Chris Anderson, the organizer of the TED conferences that feature addresses from prominent thinkers drawn from a variety of fields, offered his condolences on his Twitter page. He described Mandelbrot, who addressed the Technology, Entertainment, Design conference earlier this year, as "an icon who changed how we see the world." Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: The Rev on October 17, 2010, 01:32:27 AM I don't know if you guys are already aware of this, but there is a huge repository of written material by and about Dr. Mandelbrot on his Yale website. Here's a link to the virtual books/articles:
http://www.math.yale.edu/mandelbrot/webbooks.html The Rev Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: teamfresh on October 17, 2010, 04:18:24 AM his legacy will live on forever, without his birth my life would have been geometrically imperfect - I thank the wonder of life for what he brought to the people.
Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: jehovajah on October 17, 2010, 04:35:20 AM Everything seems to be gearing up. Tracking (http://laughingsquid.com/benoit-b-mandelbrot-1924-2010-father-of-fractal-geometry/), obituary (http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/bios/mandelbrot.html), even the bad taste humour... Laughing in the face of bad times is a time honored way of coping. If I may (and nobody be offended at this) I'd like to share two of the bad taste humour comments that actually made me laugh! On one board somebody posted this: Quote Police found his body in the living room, but when they tried to trace a chalk outline, they found they had to make tighter and tighter turns at the edges until the outline became transcendental and stuff. And on another was a simple: Quote Oh, frak. :( If anyone has any others that were truly funny, and not disrespectful, I say it's OK to share them. (If Trifox disagrees, he can delete this post!) (I'd understand) We can mourn his passing, but let's not forget to celebrate his Life at the same time! Laughing is good and of course good taste humour, insightful humour, and consoling humour is brilliant! I guess insensitive humour may be nearer to what i am referring to, but all these things are a judgement call, and what may leave a bad taste in my mouth may be truly funny, when not in shock! Benoit Mandelbrot (http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/us/17mandelbrot.html?_r=2) a rough life gave him and us a rough idea of a rough scale of all forms; chaos and complexity aren't tough,just rough! Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: MarkJayBee on October 17, 2010, 01:20:28 PM Sad news, I fervently hope he is deep zooming towards his hearts desire....
Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: kek on October 17, 2010, 03:01:54 PM Rest in Peace Benoit.
Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: twinbee on October 17, 2010, 07:11:21 PM Such a great contribution to this world - rest in peace Benoit Mandelbrot. His spirit lives on at least (even literally if you believe there's something past this life.)
Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Tabasco Raremaster on October 18, 2010, 07:11:21 AM Wondering if Julia saved the last dance for you Benoît.
Thank you for upgrading our world with your joyful knowledge. You are a true legend. Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: KRAFTWERK on October 18, 2010, 09:50:40 AM :sad1:
This is so sad... My Hommage: http://mandelwerk.deviantart.com/#/d30zvng (http://th01.deviantart.net/fs71/PRE/i/2010/291/f/2/hommage_to_benoit_mandelbrot_by_mandelwerk-d30zvng.jpg) Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Prokofiev on October 18, 2010, 10:41:22 AM My small tribute.
14th of october 2010. Benoit starts iterating towards infinity. see : http://prokofiev2.deviantart.com/#/d30zx4j (http://prokofiev2.deviantart.com/#/d30zx4j) :-\ (http://fc06.deviantart.net/fs71/f/2010/291/6/5/my_tribute_to_b__mandelbrot_by_prokofiev2-d30zx4j.jpg) Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: fracmonk on October 19, 2010, 05:08:25 PM How can I have such grief for someone I never met? A very rare sort of guy, especially these days, and we'll miss him badly.
Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: trafassel on October 20, 2010, 01:16:02 PM Fractal Geometry was for me one reason to study mathematics ( ... and keep on studying in bad times). Rest in peace Benoit Mandelbrot. I hope, sometimes the fascinating field of fractal geometry gets the attention in the academic world which it deserves.
This picture is a regular Mandelbrot set at: 0.295912031897636 < x < 0.296179346261922; 0.681914929423316<y< 0.682182243787602 with 7000 iterations. It was painted as black and white picture in a virtual 96000x96000 bitmap. Afterwards i change the resulution to 1200x1200 to get a smother grayscale picture. Render time was 16h on a iCore 7 Laptop. Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: rickz65 on October 20, 2010, 02:51:10 PM :sad1: :'(
Thank You, Dr. Mandelbrot ! You have given me/us one of the greatest gifts a person can give, something to wonder and be fascinated about. My deepest sympathies to his Wife, his Sons, his Grandchildren, his Friends and his Colleagues. (... after 3 days of mourning ... sorry I can't seem to say something more ... definitely more in my mind and heart ...) Thanks to All for the Posts here and for the links ... they have been a help ... :sad1: Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: hobold on October 20, 2010, 03:02:02 PM Fractal Geometry was for me one reason to study mathematics Same here.Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Cyclops on October 22, 2010, 10:16:52 PM Oh I never knew about this until now- a sad loss to us all! Rest in peace Mr M!
Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: bib on October 30, 2010, 06:23:28 PM A historical document from 1983 (in French) : "Professor Mandelbrot's fractal mountains", where he talks about one of his first fractal movie (made around 1975)
http://www.ina.fr/fresques/jalons/Html/PrincipaleAccueil.php?Id=InaEdu01456 Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Brummbaer on November 02, 2010, 05:53:19 PM I left this already somewhere else in the forum, but since it's a personal dedication to Benoit Mandelbrot I'll add it to this topic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pKx5bvStow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1pKx5bvStow) Greetings Brummbaer Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Prokofiev on November 03, 2010, 10:17:01 AM A historical document from 1983 (in French) : "Professor Mandelbrot's fractal mountains", where he talks about one of his first fractal movie (made around 1975) http://www.ina.fr/fresques/jalons/Html/PrincipaleAccueil.php?Id=InaEdu01456 Thanks bib, I have never seen it before. It surely must be one of its oldest aprearances on TV. I think, on this sad occasion, it is a good to listen to his best conferences again. So here are some other videos of Mandelbrot conferences: - The famous TED conference in 2010 : http://www.ted.com/talks/benoit_mandelbrot_fractals_the_art_of_roughness.html - In MIT World in 2001 : http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/52 - His Big Think Interview in 2010 : http://bigthink.com/ideas/19207 (thanks to Nahee for the link) - His public conference for Pariscences 2009 : http://www.mefeedia.com/watch/33363506 (in french) I also saw a really funny one for the IgNobel prize ceremony . But I can't find it. Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: Cyclops on November 03, 2010, 10:27:09 AM Blast my broken sound card! Anyone know about problems with AC97 codecs on win XP?
Title: Re: Benoît B. Mandelbrot (1924-2010), Father of Fractal Geometry has died. Post by: kek on January 27, 2011, 08:50:41 PM I made a tribute movie for Mandelbrot. http://www.vimeo.com/19251125 (http://img593.imageshack.us/img593/6048/zoopmaandag00086.jpg) |