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Benoit Mandelbrot: A Life in Many Dimensions

Benoit Mandelbrot: A Life in Many Dimensions

A marvelous collection of articles, many by those who worked with Benoit, memorializing the remarkable breadth and depth of his work in science & art.

2014

Michael Frame, et al.

Michael Frame, Nathan Cohen

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Belphegor’s Prime

…and its beastly cousins

2h ago

Belphegor’s Prime

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What Starts with π and Ends with e?

Amazingly, you can use the digits of π to generate the base of the natural logarithm, e.

Mar 3

What Starts with π and Ends with e?

Mar 3

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The Paradox of the Amazing Menger Sponge

It has zero volume, infinite surface area, and real-life applications

Feb 24

The Paradox of the Amazing Menger Sponge

Feb 24

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What Exactly is a Fractal?

Mathematics is the art of precision. So why is this term so tough to pin down?

Feb 18

What *Exactly* is a Fractal?

Feb 18

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A Top Candidate for the Most Bizarre Mating Ritual

It’s the stuff of a science fiction nightmare

Feb 9

A Top Candidate for the Most Bizarre Mating Ritual

Feb 9

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100 Seconds of Pi

Hello, Friends. Happy Pi Day! Here’s a musical celebration. (3/14/25)

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100 Seconds of Pi

5d ago

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The Beauty of Binet’s Formula

How to derive this powerful function for quickly generating the Fibonacci numbers

Feb 3

The Beauty of Binet’s Formula

Feb 3

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Ramanujan’s Radical Genius

A step-by-step derivation and proof of Ramanujan’s famous nested radical

Jan 26

Ramanujan’s Radical Genius

Jan 26

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The Genius of Leonhard Euler

A step-by-step demonstration of how Euler used the binomial theorem to redefine the base of the natural logarithm e

Jan 20

The Genius of Leonhard Euler

Jan 20

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The Fastest Way to the Second Most Famous Constant of Nature

With nothing more than high school algebra, you can build on the work of Newton and Euler!

Jan 12

The Fastest Way to the Second Most Famous Constant of Nature

Jan 12

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