Mandelbrot, Benoit B.

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Mandelbrot, Benoit B. (1942– ) US mathematician, b. Poland. He made major contributions to chaos theory, and is best known for coining the term fractal. His book The Fractal Geometry of Nature (1982) contains many examples of natural fractals, such as ferns, trees and rivers. The Mandelbrot set, a well-known fractal object, is named after him.

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