“The Butt”

Benoît Mandelbrot, the French-American mathematician known for his work with fractal geometry, died on Thursday, October 14th, at the age of 85. Mandelbrot lent his name to the Mandelbrot Set — the very beautiful, stoner-friendly mathematical object seen in the above picture. When I was younger, I enjoyed referring to the Mandelbrot Set as “The Butt“ because, well, because it looks like a butt.
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