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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: Rhalph on October 16, 2010, 07:11:57 AM

Title: RIP Benoit Mandelbrot...
Post by: Rhalph on October 16, 2010, 07:11:57 AM
It seems Benoit Mandelbrot just died :(

http://kottke.org/10/10/benoit-mandelbrot-rip
Title: Re: Death of Benoit Mandelbrot
Post by: cyphyr on October 16, 2010, 07:33:47 AM
THanks for passing this on.
Without his knowledge I doubt most of us (any of us) would be doing what we love to do so much.
Richard
Title: Re: RIP Benoit Mandelbrot...
Post by: Henry Blewer on October 16, 2010, 08:30:30 AM
IBM did not know what to do with his math studies. He invented a whole substructure of applied mathematics.
Title: Re: RIP Benoit Mandelbrot...
Post by: inkydigit on October 16, 2010, 08:36:29 AM
the loss of a genius...
Title: Re: RIP Benoit Mandelbrot...
Post by: freelancah on October 16, 2010, 11:10:03 AM
Sad news indeed. May he rest in peace..

He was certainly an interesting person to listen to. Here's a quite new video of his talk in TED.
Some of you have probably seen it already but if you haven't, you should.

http://www.ted.com/talks/benoit_mandelbrot_fractals_the_art_of_roughness.html
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