#0, THE MANDELBROT MONK
Posted by conrad schlundt (Guest) on Mar-19-01 at 12:47 PM
Hi,If you haven't seen this, you should. It suggests that a 13th century monk discovered the Mandelbrot set. http://www.freezone.co.uk/rgirvan/udo.htm Regards,
Conrad
#1, RE: THE MANDELBROT MONK
Posted by Omar on Jun-20-01 at 00:47 AM
In response to message #0
I couldn't help noticing that the copyright date on the article is April Fools Day and that the supposed source of the information is dead, making it somewhat hard to verify. I also find it interesting that Udo's helper was Thelonius, monk. One wonders whether Udo hand a hand in inventing jazz, as well.
#2, RE: THE MANDELBROT MONK
Posted by alexb on Jun-20-01 at 01:03 AM
In response to message #1
LAST EDITED ON Jun-20-01 AT 01:05 AM (EST)John Allan Paulos is quite explicit about significance of the copyright date. See his ABCNews column: http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/WhosCounting/whoscounting010401.html I am curious he found it necessary to make a statement on this account. This probably due to the lesson learned by math popularizers after a prunk by Martin Gardner (April 1975) produced a stir. See his Time Travel.
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