Benoit Mandelbrot , one of the world's most celebrated mathematicians, believes that our understanding of the stock market is as flawed as medieval astronomy. But the 77-year-old mathematician thinks ...

The Mandelbrot set, according to Wikipedia, is “the set of complex numbers for which the function does not diverge.” Even if you don’t understand the mathematics behind it, you’ve likely seen 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 ...

Now, more often than not, old-timers introduce mandelbrot to the uninitiated as Jewish biscotti. Which is partly why Larry Finkelstein, who bakes a lot of the excellent treats at Court Street Grocers, ...

Q: You've said, "My whole career is an ardent pursuit of the concept of roughness." What exactly do you mean by that? Benoit Mandelbrot: Actually, this word roughness has different meanings according ...

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, ...

Benoit Mandelbrot, who died on October 14 aged 85, was largely responsible for developing the discipline of fractal geometry – the study of rough or fragmented geometric shapes or processes that have ...

The FDA recently approved the cellular rejuvenation therapy ER-100 for human clinical trials. While vision is the first target, it could have applications for a variety of age-related disease.

Benoît Mandelbrot, who has died of pancreatic cancer aged 85, enjoyed the rare distinction of having his name applied to a feature of mathematics that has become part of everyday life – the Mandelbrot ...

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 ...

Benoît B. Mandelbrot, a maverick mathematician who developed the field of fractal geometry and applied it to physics, biology, finance and many other fields, died on Thursday in Cambridge, Mass. He ...