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Crop Circles Part 3

Astonishing Legends

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The Mandelebrot Set

Mandelbrot claims that he and he alone discovered the mandelebrot set, which has fractile properties. Three other mathematicians have challenged his claim two maintain that they independently discovered and described the set at about the same time as Mandelbrot did. A third asserts that his work on the set not only pre dated mandel brot's efforts, but also helped to guide them. These assertions have long circulated in the mathematics community, but have only recently surfaced in print.

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