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Benoît Mandelbrot—the father of fractal geometry—was impressed by early versions of Frax. From their long history in the industry, ... high-resolution original fractal creations.

Fractals have become a common sight, thanks to computer imagery In 1975, a new word came into use, when a maverick mathematician made an important discovery. So what are fractals? And why are they ...

He wanted to delve deeper into the world of FPGAs, so [Mike] figured the best way to do so would be to use one to program a Mandelbrot fractal engine. He started out with a goal of creating a 640 ...

Fractal What? Mandelbrot Explains. ByMatthew Herper, Former Staff. I cover science and medicine, and believe this is biology's century. Apr 02, 2002, 08:00am EST Jun 06, 2013, 02:09pm EDT.

In Mandelbrot's view, another dimension exists between two and three dimensions. It's a fractal dimension, and the rougher something is, the higher its fractal dimension. This roughness ...

Because fractal geometry is relatively new -- the term was coined in 1975 by the late Benoit Mandelbrot, -- it is a concept not well understood by a portion of the population.

While at Yale, Mandelbrot taught a course on fractals with mathematics professor Michael Frame, and the two colleagues also went to local high schools to educate geometry teachers on how to ...