Associations to the word «Mandelbrot»

Wiktionary

MANDELBROT, noun. A sort of cookie-like hard, sweet bread usually containing almonds traditionally eaten by Ashkenazi Jews and often dipped in tea.
MANDELBROT SET, noun. (mathematics) the set of complex numbers c for which the orbit of 0 under iteration of the complex quadratic polynomial zn+1 = zn2 + c remains bounded. The boundary of this set is a fractal.

Dictionary definition

MANDELBROT, noun. French mathematician (born in Poland) noted for inventing fractals (born in 1924).

Wise words

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