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by ZDNet Author  |  July 20, 2006 2:50pm PDT  |  Image 5 of 8

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Fractals
French mathematician Benoit Mandelbrot published his work on fractals while at IBM's Watson Research Center. Fractal geometry makes it possible to mathematically describe the kinds of irregularities existing in nature.

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