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Live Benoit Mandelbrot: Fractals and the art of roughness
This talk was about defining the area of objects that can’t easily be defined. I liked this TED Talk. I chose it because it was a subject I knew I would have a hard time understanding. The speaker was engaging and had a good sense of humor.
I didn’t think I knew anything about what the speaker was talking about, however near the end he showed something I have seen before. The Mandelbrot Curve is something they start to talk about when you watch shows about crop circles. I thought it was funny that he made fun of this fact too. Even though I still don’t really understand what he was talking about I still enjoyed the talk.
A few more resources about the speaker:
1. Yale Math- Benoit Mandelbrot
Yale Math Department
Sterling Professor Emeritus of Mathematical Sciences
Mathematics Department - Yale University
E-mail: benoit.mandelbrot@yale.edu
2. Benoit Mandelbrot Biography.
Benoit Mandelbrot was largely responsible for the present interest in fractal geometry. He showed how fractals can occur in many different places in both mathematics and elsewhere in nature.
3. Benoit Mandelbrot Fractal Art Contest 2007.
Art Contest using Benoit’s principals and continuing efforts to promote fractal and algorithmic art
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