In the beginning mathematics was based on numbers which we all use every day to add, subtract, multiply and divide. Next we developed symbols such as ( x, y, z ) to put into formulas to solve for numbers. Later on we developed trigonometry which is essentially the study of ratios involving geometry and then came calculus which was the study of what ( Read more... )

Mandelbrot, the inventor of fractals, when he worked for IBM was presented with a problem involving interference in the transmission of information. Every so often parts of the transmitted information would seem to randomly drop off / scramble which, needless to say, caused problems with the transmitted informational message. The problem had to be ( Read more... )