Robert P. Munafo, 2008 Feb 16.
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-20th century mathematicians in
having spent years performing hand calculations to do something that
is now very easy with a computer.
See also Amygdalan Sects.
From the Mandelbrot Set Glossary and Encyclopedia, by Robert Munafo. Mu-ency index
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