At its core, the Mandelbrot set is a fractal – so let’s make sure we understand what that means. There are two ways to define fractals: the fuzzy way, which is pretty easy to understand, and ...

The Mandelbrot set, according to Wikipedia, is “the set of complex numbers for which the function does not diverge.” Even if you don’t understand the mathematics behind it, you’ve likely ...

Benoît B. Mandelbrot, a maverick mathematician who developed the field of fractal geometry and applied it to physics, biology, finance and many other fields, died on Thursday in Cambridge, Mass ...

Becoming the Mandelbrot Set The image below comes from a series of 120 prints, some composed of seemingly stray dots and others almost completely blank, ...

As Matt Blum of Wired.com’s GeekDad reported eloquently this weekend, Yale mathematician Benoît Mandelbrot passed away on Friday at the age of 85. As evidenced by that story’s headline (“He ...

His fractal theory entered popular culture, inspiring a song (“Mandelbrot Set” by Jonathan Coulton), novels (by Arthur C. Clarke and David Foster Wallace) and elegant, computer-generated art.

Mandelbrot: Art, math, ... Now, a small exhibit in New York City is attempting to place the Mandelbrot set and other mathematical constructs back in their original context: ...

We’ve seen other great Mandelbrot feats before, too, like this real-time explorer built on an FPGA. Video after the break. Posted in Retrocomputing Tagged atari , mandelbrot , mandelbrot set ...

The line snakes around the lobby of the Cooper Union Great Hall in lower Manhattan in a complex, seemingly random way. It is at least an hour before the doors will open, but the chaotic assemblage … ...