Benoit Mandelbrot, Father of the Fractal

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The Mandelbrot set, which is most commonly represented by the above illustration, provides a way of understanding roughness in the world around us. Named after the mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, the theory observes that many complex phenomena, in fields as diverse as physics, biology and finance, can be "approached in rigorous and vigorous quantitative fashion."

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