Mathematician:Benoît B. Mandelbrot

Mathematician

French-American mathematician of Polish origin famous for his work on fractals.

The Mandelbrot set is named for him.

The middle B in his name was chosen by him. It doesn't stand for anything.

However, some suggest that the B actually stands for Benoît B. Mandelbrot, thereby invoking an infinite regress.

Nephew of Szolem Mandelbrojt.

Nationality

Polish, later French-American

History

• Born: 20 Nov 1924, Warsaw, Poland
• Died: 14 Oct 2010, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

Theorems and Definitions

• Mandelbrot Set
• Mandelbrot Competition

Definitions of concepts named for Benoît B. Mandelbrot can be found here.

Publications

• 1967: How Long Is the Coast of Britain? Statistical Self-Similarity and Fractional Dimension
• 1977: Fractals: Form, Chance and Dimension
• 1982: The Fractal Geometry of Nature (revised and enlarged version of Fractals: Form, Chance and Dimension)

Also known as

His name is sometimes seen reported without the circumflex: Benoit B. Mandelbrot.

Sources

• John J. O'Connor and Edmund F. Robertson: "Benoît B. Mandelbrot": MacTutor History of Mathematics archive

• 2014: Christopher Clapham and James Nicholson: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Mathematics (5th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Mandelbrot, Benoît (1924-2010)