Benoit Mandelbrot

See also: Mathematics | Chaos | Fractal

A French mathematics researcher who first discovered and coined the term fractal. Mandelbrot is the pioneer of the science of chaos.

Mandelbrot was the first person to use a computer to graphically represent the complex number plane. The inventor of The Noah Effect. The Mandelbrot Set is a simple fractal formula (z=z^2+c) which, if graphically displayed, leads to a beautiful fractal.

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  • Benoit Mandelbrot (http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Mandelbrot.html)

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