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Title: Benoit Mandelbrot dies @ age 85
Post by: Duncan C on October 17, 2010, 07:39:50 PM
Benoit Mandelbrot dies @ age 85
 (http://www.thinq.co.uk/2010/10/17/mandelbrot-kicks-bucket/)

It's a sad time for the fractal community. The "father of fractals" has died.


Duncan


Title: Re: Benoit Mandelbrot dies @ age 85
Post by: Sockratease on October 17, 2010, 08:51:06 PM
Yes, several people have started threads about this sad event.

Here's the "main" one.  It was started the earliest and has the most posts, so we may merge all the others into it:  http://www.fractalforums.com/fractal-related-links/benot-b-mandelbrot-%281924-2010%29-father-of-fractal-geometry-has-died/