Benoit Mandelbrot passed away. He coined the term "fractal", an endless shape that can be characterized with a relatively simple numerical pattern, leading to some very beautiful visualizations. It always fascinates me how shapes in nature can be defined with a strikingly simple code.
Image credit Wikipedia.
As an example, an artificially created leaf (Wikipedia source):
Image credit Wikipedia.
As an example, an artificially created leaf (Wikipedia source):
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