Mandelbrot Monk

Robert P. Munafo, 2008 Feb 16.

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The Mandelbrot Monk is a work of fiction by Ray Girvan, introduced in coincidence with April Fool's day, 1999. It describes a fictitious medieval Benedictine monk "Udo of Aachen". Udo resembles certain actual medieval monks in having discovered some otherwise little-known mathematical phenomenon and leaving cryptic references to it in manuscripts; he resembles pre-20^th century mathematicians in having spent years performing hand calculations to do something that is now very easy with a computer.

See also Amygdalan Sects, Buddhabrot.

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From the Mandelbrot Set Glossary and Encyclopedia, by Robert Munafo.     Mu-ency index

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