Mandlebrot's Set

[filkertom]

Sadness. Mathematician and teacher Benoit Mandlebrot has passed away at the age of 85. He gave us fractal math, including one particularly gorgeous set. And now JoCo has to change his lyrics:

Comments

[redaxe.livejournal.com]

That's a shame.

Not as if Mr. C doesn't change his lyrics to fit circumstances, though. He certainly did when we saw him perform "The Presidents". And I can hardly wait for him to add President Franken (or will that be President Grayson) to the list :-)

[infinitemorning.livejournal.com]

I still haven't heard the new Presidents lyrics...he didn't perform it at PAX East. :(

[arensb.livejournal.com]

Sorry to be pedantic, but it's spelled "Mandelbrot".

Feel free to delete this comment.

[partiallyclips.livejournal.com]

Just covered that here at Con on the Cob. He lived a beautiful life.

[rickvs.livejournal.com]

I ...saved up my allowance to buy Mandelbrot's "Fractal Geometry of Nature" book after typing a mandelbrot-set-generating program, in BASIC, from the back of a magazine into my Atari 800 as a teenager. *sniffle*.

[alverant.livejournal.com]

That's sad news but he left behind a wonderful legacy. He exposed millions to new ideas including myself. I had some of his patters on folders for school.

[infinitemorning.livejournal.com]

I'm not much of a math groupie, but Mandelbrot was a brilliant man and a great scholar. He'll be missed.