Benoit Mandelbrot RIP

ParadigmShifter · Oct 17, 2010

Sad day, Mandelbrot has died of cancer.

Discoverer of the Mandelbrot set and responsible for the growth of study into fractals and chaos theory.

IdiotsOpposite · Oct 17, 2010

May he rest in piece.

Now could someone design a coffin in the exact shape of the Mandelbrot Set for him?

MobBoss · Oct 17, 2010

IdiotsOpposite said:
May he rest in piece.

If he studied fractals and chaos theory shouldnt he rest in pieces?

ParadigmShifter · Oct 17, 2010

Probably not, since the Mandelbrot set is connected (i.e. there are no "islands").

Masada · Oct 17, 2010

His awesome legacy shall be appropriated by economics soon... :evil:

Silv Something · Oct 17, 2010

What! When?

*google search*

Dear Diary: Today I learned that Mandelbrot had a middle initial of B that stood for nothing.

Telegraph.co.uk said:
Benoit B Mandelbrot (he awarded himself a middle initial, although it stood for nothing) was born on November 20 1924 in Warsaw, Poland, into a family of Lithuanian Jewish extraction. His father made his living selling clothes while his mother was a doctor, but the family had a strong academic tradition and, as a boy, Mandelbrot was introduced to mathematics by two uncles.

from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8069558/Benoit-Mandelbrot.html

You are awesome, Mandelbrot.

cyther · Oct 18, 2010

Rest in peace Mandelbrot. Thanks for everything.

Benoit Mandelbrot RIP

ParadigmShifter

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IdiotsOpposite

Boom, headshot.

MobBoss

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ParadigmShifter

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Masada

Koi-san!

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cyther

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