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Delta Whiskey

16-10-2010 16:28

Benoit Mandelbrot, Mathematician, Dies at 85

"Benoit B. Mandelbrot, a maverick mathematician who developed an innovative theory of roughness and applied it to physics, biology, finance and many other fields, died on Thursday in Cambridge, Mass. He was 85. "

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/us...er=rss&emc=rss

Mandelbrot Images:
http://www.google.co.uk/images?q=man...=1920&bih=1013

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gazfan

16-10-2010 17:20

Re: Benoit Mandelbrot, Mathematician, Dies at 85

I remember programming my ZX81 to generate a Mandelbrot set - it took about 4 days, IIRC.

RIP Mr Mandelbrot

Osem	16-10-2010 18:12

Re: Benoit Mandelbrot, Mathematician, Dies at 85

Quote:

Originally Posted by gazfan (Post 35109731)

I remember programming my ZX81 to generate a Mandelbrot set - it took about 4 days, IIRC.

RIP Mr Mandelbrot

Surprised it didn't explode... :D

Delta Whiskey

16-10-2010 18:20

Re: Benoit Mandelbrot, Mathematician, Dies at 85

Quote:

Originally Posted by Osem (Post 35109751)

Surprised it didn't explode... :D

If you looked slightly askance at the 16Kb RAM pack the ZX81 would freeze and crash.

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