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Fractals and the art of roughness

Benoit Mandelbrot · TED

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About

At TED2010, mathematics legend Benoit Mandelbrot develops a theme he first discussed at TED in 1984 -- the extreme complexity of roughness, and the way that fractal math can find order within patterns that seem unknowably complicated.

The talk

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Institution
TED
Department
TED2010
Speaker
Benoit Mandelbrot
Year
2010
Level
For everyone
Language
English
Subjects
Mathematics
Source
TED
Licence
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