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Title: Benoit Mandelbrot, fractals pioneer, dies
Post by: VingtTrois on October 17, 2010, 12:36:50 AM
Benoit Mandelbrot, mathematician who developed field of fractal geometry, dies at 85 in US

By The Associated Press (CP) – 4 hours ago

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Benoit Mandelbrot, a well-known mathematician who was largely responsible for developing the field of fractal geometry, has died. He was 85.

His wife, Aliette, says he died Thursday of pancreatic cancer. He had lived in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The Polish-born French mathematician founded the field of fractal geometry, the first broad attempt to quantitatively investigate the notion of roughness. He was interested in both the development and application of fractals, which he also showed could be used elsewhere in nature.

For years, he worked for IBM in New York. Later he became Sterling Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Sciences at Yale University.

Mandelbrot also received honorary doctorates and served on boards of scientific journals.

He is survived by his wife, two sons and three grandchildren.
Title: Re: Benoit Mandelbrot, fractals pioneer, dies
Post by: tone007 on October 17, 2010, 12:53:07 AM
He gave the world this:

(http://growabrain.typepad.com/photos/uncategorized/fractal_gif.gif)

They gave him back this:

(http://static.frimp.net/images/wurp/hasselhoffian-recursion.gif)
Title: Re: Benoit Mandelbrot, fractals pioneer, dies
Post by: stefcep2 on October 17, 2010, 12:55:10 AM
Saw an interesting doco about fractals.  Without them, the antenna inside modern mobile devices could not happened, and the devices would have been bulkier, power hungry, with poor reception.
Title: Re: Benoit Mandelbrot, fractals pioneer, dies
Post by: cecilia on October 17, 2010, 03:22:14 AM
he made my life more beautiful
Title: Re: Benoit Mandelbrot, fractals pioneer, dies
Post by: marcfrick2112 on October 17, 2010, 03:53:52 AM
VingtTrois;

Thanks for the post... So sad to read tho.... Although I know very little about fractals, I have always enjoyed fractal programs on my miggies... all the way back to my A500 1MB (Rock on!)
{sigh} Mandelbrot set.....

The album 'Pandemonium' by Killing Joke features a great deal of fractal artwork...... Not to mention the last track... "Mathematics of Chaos"

Oh, there's also fractal compression (theory, maybe?) .....

Very sad indeed.
Title: Re: Benoit Mandelbrot, fractals pioneer, dies
Post by: Karlos on October 17, 2010, 01:03:47 PM
Mandelbrot gave the world so much more than fractals. One of those rare people that popped up in various fields and made major contributions.

RIP :(
Title: Re: Benoit Mandelbrot, fractals pioneer, dies
Post by: J-Golden on October 17, 2010, 01:25:21 PM
This truly is a sad day.  I remember watching, hypnotized, the pattern with-in a pattern flow smoothly in exotic colors for what seemed an endless amount of time.

It was mesmerizing for a kid then and even for an adult today.

Rest In Peace and thank you, Mr. Mandelbrot.