Benoit Mandelbrot: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Anniversary information added. Nov 16, 2025
Anniversary information added. Oct 10, 2025
First paragraph modernization. Apr 26, 2024
Invalidated site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Benoit Mandelbrot. Aug 02, 2022
Add new Web site: Live Science - Happy birthday to Benoit Mandelbrot, the discoverer of fractals. Aug 30, 2021
Add new Web site: Stetson University - Biography of Benoit Mandelbrot. May 24, 2019
Add new Web site: Los Angeles Times - Benoit Mandelbrot Dies at 85; Mathematician Known as the Father of Fractals. Mar 22, 2017
Add new Web site: The New York Times - Beno�t Mandelbrot, Novel Mathematician, Dies at 85. Mar 22, 2017
"Polish mathematician" changed to "Polish-born French American mathematician." Dec 23, 2014
Added his memoir, The Fractalist (2012). Nov 26, 2012
Mandelbrot died on Oct. 14, 2010. Oct 18, 2010
Added new Web site: MacTutor History of Mathematics Archive - Biography of Benoit Mandelbrot. Apr 08, 2008
Added new Web site: Biography of Benoit Mandelbrot. Nov 29, 2006
New article added. Sep 28, 2006
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