A gallery of images spawned by the theories of the innovative mathematician, who died Oct. 14 at the age of 85 The Mandelbrot set, which is most commonly represented by the above illustration, ...

The world of legal cannabis is getting better at recognizing its legends of the past. Among them is Mandelbrot, who had one of the biggest impacts on the industry before his untimely passing on the ...

The Mandelbrot set is — when visualized with some colors — an interesting shape with infinite detail. While the patterns are immediately obvious to the human eye, anyone who’s run one can tell you ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American Ah, the Mandelbrot set. This famous fractal ...

The leading approach to the simplex method, a widely used technique for balancing complex logistical constraints, can’t get any better. Behold the Manifold, the Concept that Changed How Mathematicians ...

The world is not smooth, made of perfect spheres and unbroken lines. Its edges are tattered and torn, ragged yet recognizable. Last week the world lost the man whose mathematics helped to explain ...

The Mandelbrot set – the fractal ‘snowman turned on its side’ seen above – has graced the covers of magazines, journals, and has even been exhibited in art galleries. An impressive feat for what is ...

Benoit Mandelbrot was one of the most influential minds of the 20th century. His career spanned many disciplines, but he’s perhaps best known for his groundbreaking geometry work in defining fractals, ...

A group of fractal image makers claim to have made the best three-dimensional portrayal to date of the Mandelbrot set, one of the best-known fractal equations. Yet the path there was not ...

They could be the oldest cookies known to civilization. The ancient Romans, we know, were nuts for 'em. Pliny the Elder claimed they would keep for centuries - quite a plug given that it would be a ...