As it happens, these four lines can serve as a perfect metaphor for the infinitely detailed, "self-similar" nature of fractals. In this interactive, zoom deep into a Mandelbrot set, the most ...

A group of fractal image makers claim to have made the best three-dimensional portrayal to date of the Mandelbrot set ... fractal detail when you zoom in. Even higher-dimensional maths can ...

Benoit Mandelbrot discovered fractals 40 years ago. Born in Poland, he was raised in France and has done most of his work in the U.S. at such institutions as Yale University and IBM 's research ...

If you were ever mesmerized by the Mandelbrot screen saver, the following images are worth a look. Each photo is a zoom on one of these Mandelbulbs. Also, see our gallery of fractals in nature.

Now Mandelbrot has brought the fractal toolbox back to the field of price variation, where he made vital contributions decades ago. In the 1960s, while working at IBM , Mandelbrot made a stab at ...

Image Credit: Created by Wolfgang Beyer with the program Ultra Fractal 3, via Wikimedia Commons (CC-BY-3.0) It’s called the Mandelbrot ... infinite intricacy, zoom symmetry, complexity ...

Mandelbrot developed the idea of fractals while trying to determine the length of the British coastline, when he realized a seemingly smooth shore becomes more and more detailed as you zoom in.

Every time you zoom in further, you find the same curve.” Mandelbrot didn’t start studying fractals and the property of “self-similarity” until the 1960’s, while he was working as a ...

As it happens, these four lines can serve as a perfect metaphor for the infinitely detailed, "self-similar" nature of fractals. In this interactive, zoom deep into a Mandelbrot set, the most ...