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Tuesday, October 19, 2010

DIY Fractals: Exploring the Mandelbrot Set on a Personal Computer


Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the August 1985 issue of Scientific American under the title "Computer Recreations: A computer microscope zooms in for a look at the most complex object in mathematics." The article helped make famous the Mandelbrot set, named for mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot; it is being posted now following the October 14 death of Mandelbrot at age 85. [More]

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