Benoit B. MANDELBROT

 

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Sterling Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Sciences
Mathematics Department - Yale University

IBM Fellow Emeritus T.J. Watson Research Center
International Business Machines Corporation

E-mail: benoit.mandelbrot@yale.edu 

 

The Mandelbrot Set

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Seeks a measure of order in physical, mathematical or social phenomena that are characterized by abundant data but extreme sample variability. The surprising esthetic value of many of his discoveries and their unexpected usefulness in teaching have made him an eloquent spokesman for the "unity of knowing and feeling."

Member of National Academy of Sciences

 

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