Death of Benoît Mandelbrot, father of fractales

18.10.2010

The mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot, whose work has focused on fractals, died Thursday, Oct. 14 at the age of 85.

In 2009, he was the guest of the 5th edition of the Pariscience festival on the occasion of the film Hunting the Hidden Dimension, after the showing he talked about his career and his work.

• See the video of Benoît Mandelbrot at the festival in 2009 (in french)