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"Udo of Aachen" was the first fictional monk to find the "Mandelbrot" set: https://users.math.yale.edu/public_html/People/frame/Fractals/MandelSet/MandelMonk/M
by _aleph2c_ 7y ago
"Udo of Aachen" was the first fictional monk to find the "Mandelbrot" set:
https://users.math.yale.edu/public_html/People/frame/Fractals/MandelSet/MandelMonk/MandelMonk.html https://users.math.yale.edu/public_html/People/frame/Fractal...
- dvt 7y agoFantastic (and hilarious) read :) Thanks for sharing!
- bloopernova 7y agooh wait, Wikipedia says it's an elaborate April Fools hoax: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_of_Aachen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Udo_of_Aachen (I originally missed the "Fictional" part of the original comment. Time to try to wake up more)