Benoit B. Mandelbrot (mathematician)

Benoit B. Mandelbrot was a mathematician renowned for developing fractal geometry, which describes complex patterns that repeat at different scales. His work revealed that many natural forms—coastlines, clouds, mountain ranges—exhibit fractal patterns, characterized by intricate detail and self-similarity. Mandelbrot’s insights helped us better understand and model irregular, chaotic systems in nature and in financial markets. His contributions have broadened our appreciation of complexity, showing how simple iterative processes can produce astonishingly detailed and self-repeating structures.