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conrad schlundt (Guest)
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 Mar-19-01, 12:47 PM (EST)
 
"THE MANDELBROT MONK"
 
   Hi,

If you haven't seen this, you should. It'suggests that a 13th century monk discovered the Mandelbrot set.

https://www.freezone.co.uk/rgirvan/udo.htm

Regards,
Conrad


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Omar
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4 posts		 Jun-20-01, 00:47 AM (EST)
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1. "RE: THE MANDELBROT MONK"
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   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.


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2. "RE: THE MANDELBROT MONK"
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   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:

https://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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