A guide into the infinite
Fractals have become a common topic of popular mathematics due to their artistic qualities. They became well-known when Benoit Mandelbrot, the “father of fractals,” published his book The Fractal Geometry of Nature in the 1980’s. This book described fractals to a general audience and had stunning imagery. But what exactly is a fractal? Mathematicians struggle to come up with an exact definition, but some…
