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Solve : Mandelbrot: Fractal Geometry?

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Benoit Mandelbrot, Father of Fractal Geometry, Dies at 85

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2370954,00.asp

Before "Fractals", most people thought many natural shapes were just random things with no meaning. Example: The Loci * of the ridge line of a mountaintop.

* Loci, plura of locus.
RIP Mandelbrot, great music/video on Mandelbrot:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ES-yKOYaXq0I remember READING SEVERAL years ago that fractals would be used for computer encryption, but I haven't seen anything about that for a while. Anyone else seen any updates?The FBI will call you in the morning.
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Encryption using fractal key

STATEMENT OF GOVERNMENT INTEREST

The invention described HEREIN may be manufactured and used by or for the Government of the United States of America for governmental purposes without the payment of any royalties thereon or therefore.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

(1) Field of the Invention

The present invention relates generally to encryption and decryption, and more particularly to using fractal key generation to encrypt and decrypt two-dimensional data. ...

http://www.patentstorm.us/patents/6782101/description.html

Other References
* Schneier, Bruce; Applied Cryptography; 1996; 2nd EDITION; pp. 169-187,265-301,397-428.*
* Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia; http://en2.wikipedia.org/wili/Inverse_matrix.
Quote from: Geek-9pm on October 17, 2010, 06:23:31 PM
plura

Isn't that part of a lung?

Quote from: Salmon Trout on October 26, 2010, 11:16:33 AM
Isn't that part of a lung?
No.
Look it up on Twitter.
Twitter? ?
Quote from: JJ 3000 on October 26, 2010, 04:55:24 PM
Twitter? ?

You say that LIKE you don't use Twitter for all of your fact checking?


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