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Posteritatis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:00 PM Original message |
Benoit Mandelbrot, Mathematician, Dies at 85 |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
1. RIP-- The Fractal Geometry of Nature was a major revelation for me... |
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glitch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:12 PM Response to Reply #1 |
4. Me as well. Rest in Peace Mr. Mandelbrot, you opened eyes. nt |
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ananda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 05:10 PM Response to Reply #1 |
15. He will always be a giant. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 08:56 PM Response to Reply #1 |
21. And yet, It's Barbara Billingsley's obituary on the Greatest Page |
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DeSwiss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:03 PM Response to Original message |
2. K&R |
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Warpy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:08 PM Response to Original message |
3. To appreciate who he was and what he did, |
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Beartracks (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 10:31 PM Response to Reply #3 |
27. Wooooow. Thx for that link. n/t |
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SpiralHawk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
5. Brilliant man. RIP |
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Overseas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
6. K&R ! Loved learning about fractals ! Condolences to his family. |
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Cirque du So-What (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:28 PM Response to Original message |
7. What is the length of England's shoreline? |
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girl gone mad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:29 PM Response to Original message |
8. His work had such an influence on my life.. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 06:11 PM Response to Reply #8 |
16. Us engineering folk too... |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:31 PM Response to Original message |
9. That only came out in 1982? It seem so obvious and basic |
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Old Time Pagan (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 02:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. Not in western society. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 06:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
17. ... speaking of "fantasy" |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 07:30 PM Response to Reply #11 |
19. LOL, what nonsense. |
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Old Time Pagan (157 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 01:59 PM Response to Original message |
10. Suddenly biology got interesting for me |
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Poll_Blind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 02:02 PM Response to Original message |
12. Aside from fractals, Mandlebrot also worked in understanding the banking system and economies. |
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liberation (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 06:16 PM Response to Reply #12 |
18. Thanks for that link. |
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trusty elf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 02:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. I'm very sorry to hear that. |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 02:56 PM Response to Original message |
14. A giant among men, and an ant amount giants. |
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Xipe Totec (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 08:51 PM Response to Original message |
20. How strange, just today I was looking at another Mandelbrot contribution |
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HippieCowgirl (242 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Oct-16-10 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
22. "He'll have a cool tombstone" -My Sweetie n/t |
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KossackRealityCheck (153 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 06:27 AM Response to Original message |
23. Coolest mathematician ever! |
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Regret My New Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 08:54 AM Response to Original message |
24. A song ... |
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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 10:34 AM Response to Original message |
25. Thanks for the mandelbulb Benoit. |
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PufPuf23 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Oct-17-10 10:43 AM Response to Original message |
26. Mandelbrot: A Brilliant and Inspiring Man nt |
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