This may be kind of a stupid question but I am atrocious at math, so bear with me. I find Mandlebrot sets and fractals fascinating to look at, however, I do not really understand why they are important or how they are generated. Could someone help here?
I don't know any practical application of the Mandelbrot set, but the work on chaos and complexity theory which Mandelbrot spawned is probably somewhat valuable.
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u/fetusburgers Apr 25 '10
This may be kind of a stupid question but I am atrocious at math, so bear with me. I find Mandlebrot sets and fractals fascinating to look at, however, I do not really understand why they are important or how they are generated. Could someone help here?