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“Both chaos theory and fractal have had contacts in the past when they are both impossible to develop and in a certain sense not ready to be developed.” quote by Benoit Mandelbrot — Download Open image

“Both chaos theory and fractal have had contacts in the past when they are both impossible to develop and in a certain sense not ready to be developed.”

Benoit Mandelbrot

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