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Nobody will deny that there is at least some roughness everywhere

Benoit Mandelbrot

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Benoit Mandelbrot
Age: 85 †
Born: 1924
Born: November 20
Died: 2010
Died: October 14
Computer Scientist
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Warszawa
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