<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p>Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f601.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--grin" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😁" alt="😁" /></p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/nature" rel="tag">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mathematics" rel="tag">#<span>mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/fractal" rel="tag">#<span>fractal</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/mandelbrot" rel="tag">#<span>mandelbrot</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/fa2a51a6-8c5d-4f0e-905f-aaeed8ba457a/just-found-a-real-mandelbrot-fractal-happily-flourishing-in-its-natural-habitat...</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 16:35:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/fa2a51a6-8c5d-4f0e-905f-aaeed8ba457a.rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 05:39:07 GMT</pubDate><ttl>60</ttl><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 13:19:07 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baillehache_pascal%40hachyderm.io">@<span>baillehache_pascal</span></a></span> Permission to name it: HowieMandelBrotBest ???</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/numodular/statuses/116505178776069141</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://c.im/users/numodular/statuses/116505178776069141</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[numodular@c.im]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 13:19:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 12:40:07 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baillehache_pascal%40hachyderm.io">@<span>baillehache_pascal</span></a></span> broccoli romanesco is loving it</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrancoisPrague/statuses/116505025430062947</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrancoisPrague/statuses/116505025430062947</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[francoisprague@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 12:40:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 11:37:23 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baillehache_pascal%40hachyderm.io">@<span>baillehache_pascal</span></a></span> Haha, sorry!</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/116504778703843246</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/116504778703843246</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[clickhere@mastodon.ie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 11:37:23 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 11:27:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/fletcherthemoose%40mastodon.social">@<span>fletcherthemoose</span></a></span> <br />Bon appétit !</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/baillehache_pascal/statuses/116504741583266650</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/baillehache_pascal/statuses/116504741583266650</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[baillehache_pascal@hachyderm.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 11:27:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 11:23:15 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baillehache_pascal%40hachyderm.io">@<span>baillehache_pascal</span></a></span> Adding a fractal of this to my beef mandelbroth</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fletcherthemoose/statuses/116504723136904635</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/fletcherthemoose/statuses/116504723136904635</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[fletcherthemoose@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 11:23:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 11:07:58 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baillehache_pascal%40hachyderm.io">@<span>baillehache_pascal</span></a></span> </p><p>And I literally just discovered this:</p><p>"Mandelbrot was a bit of a rebel in the mathematical community ... He also added the middle initial ‘B’ to his name himself, even though it did not actually stand for anything."<br />(<a href="https://math-soc.com/biographies/benoit-mandelbrot/" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://</span><span>math-soc.com/biographies/benoi</span><span>t-mandelbrot/</span></a> )</p><p>So I think this was actually HIS joke!</p><p>Or maybe he just set it up and left it out there for someone to discover, just like he found fractals waiting out there in the universe <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/26a1.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--zap" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="⚡" alt="⚡" />️ </p><p>This man was a DUDE!!!</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/DarkOptimism/statuses/116504663045519474</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/DarkOptimism/statuses/116504663045519474</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkoptimism@mstdn.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 11:07:58 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 10:58:57 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="https://ciberlandia.pt/@marinheiro">@<span>marinheiro</span></a></span> There was a lot of other leaves of that same plant there. All displayed the same kind of pattern, but this one only was strikingly similar to the fractal. So... growth process leading to something very very roughly mandelbrotish plus, accidentally this one happened to be mandelbroty enough to catch my eye and take the internet by storm apparently ?</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/baillehache_pascal/statuses/116504627639364727</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/baillehache_pascal/statuses/116504627639364727</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[baillehache_pascal@hachyderm.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 10:58:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 10:51:47 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/darkoptimism%40mstdn.social">@<span>DarkOptimism</span></a></span> <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f602.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--joy" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😂" alt="😂" /></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/baillehache_pascal/statuses/116504599409616817</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/baillehache_pascal/statuses/116504599409616817</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[baillehache_pascal@hachyderm.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 10:51:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 10:22:07 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baillehache_pascal%40hachyderm.io">@<span>baillehache_pascal</span></a></span> </p><p>Little bit of maths trivia I learned recently — the "B ." in Benoît B. Mandelbrot stands for Benoît B. Mandelbrot.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/DarkOptimism/statuses/116504482757914115</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mstdn.social/users/DarkOptimism/statuses/116504482757914115</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[darkoptimism@mstdn.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 10:22:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 10:05:04 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baillehache_pascal%40hachyderm.io" rel="nofollow noopener">@<span>baillehache_pascal</span></a></span> Is it accidental or something about growth processes, like L-systems?</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ciberlandia.pt/users/marinheiro/statuses/116504415735094983</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ciberlandia.pt/users/marinheiro/statuses/116504415735094983</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[marinheiro@ciberlandia.pt]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 10:05:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 09:51:44 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/hanscees%40ieji.de">@<span>hanscees</span></a></span> maybe... <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f605.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--sweat_smile" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😅" alt="😅" /> You're clearly much more savvy than I am about botanic ! It was a very tall coniferous tree, that's all I can confidently say !</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/baillehache_pascal/statuses/116504363321522019</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/baillehache_pascal/statuses/116504363321522019</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[baillehache_pascal@hachyderm.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 09:51:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 09:50:06 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baillehache_pascal%40hachyderm.io">@<span>baillehache_pascal</span></a></span> Looks like wild ginger to me. If so you can smell in order to tell after it has more leaves. </p><p>It does look like the Julia set, but I didn’t realize that until you mentioned it.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/skry/statuses/116504356860619115</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/skry/statuses/116504356860619115</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[skry@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 09:50:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 09:36:25 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baillehache_pascal%40hachyderm.io">@<span>baillehache_pascal</span></a></span> we need to protect these speakless creatures and they play great roles in our environement.We should not harm them but contribute to their existence.<br />In Uganda,I am training young people to be responsible activists and food producers and we are the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greenyouthmovement" rel="tag">#<span>Greenyouthmovement</span></a> aimed at making this planet a better place for everyone through sustainable agriculture and environmental conservation.<br /><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nature" rel="tag">#<span>nature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/environment" rel="tag">#<span>environment</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115563894722913318/statuses/116504303057137453</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/ap/users/115563894722913318/statuses/116504303057137453</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[2003mugishaphocit@mastodon.social]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 09:36:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 09:31:24 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/clickhere%40mastodon.ie">@<span>clickhere</span></a></span> that wasn't expected, or even requested !</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/baillehache_pascal/statuses/116504283316497050</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/baillehache_pascal/statuses/116504283316497050</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[baillehache_pascal@hachyderm.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 09:31:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 09:28:50 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@dewomser">@<span>dewomser</span></a></span> what a shame that someone didn't recognize it ! <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f61c.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="😜" alt="😜" /><br />Thanks for the link.</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/baillehache_pascal/statuses/116504273283650768</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://hachyderm.io/users/baillehache_pascal/statuses/116504273283650768</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[baillehache_pascal@hachyderm.io]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 09:28:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 09:23:40 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baillehache_pascal%40hachyderm.io">@<span>baillehache_pascal</span></a></span> and its growing beneath a redwood I think?</p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ieji.de/users/hanscees/statuses/116504252910934699</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://ieji.de/users/hanscees/statuses/116504252910934699</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[hanscees@ieji.de]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 09:23:40 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 09:07:56 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baillehache_pascal%40hachyderm.io">@<span>baillehache_pascal</span></a></span> This may be the most Mastodon toot that has ever been tooted. Well done to you! <img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f44f.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--clap" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="👏" alt="👏" /><img src="https://forum.fedi.dk/assets/plugins/nodebb-plugin-emoji/emoji/android/1f3fc.png?v=7979fdcf9c7" class="not-responsive emoji emoji-android emoji--skin-tone-3" style="height:23px;width:auto;vertical-align:middle" title="🏼" alt="🏼" /></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/116504191059131380</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.ie/users/clickhere/statuses/116504191059131380</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[clickhere@mastodon.ie]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 09:07:56 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Reply to Just found a real Mandelbrot fractal happily flourishing in its natural habitat... 😁 on Sat, 02 May 2026 08:51:45 GMT]]></title><description><![CDATA[<p><span><a href="/user/baillehache_pascal%40hachyderm.io">@<span>baillehache_pascal</span></a></span>  Here someone took a photo from a leaf and did not recognize the beautiful Mandelbrot.<br /><a href="https://www.oekologie-seite.de/index.php?id=24&amp;pid=789" rel="nofollow noopener"><span>https://www.</span><span>oekologie-seite.de/index.php?i</span><span>d=24&amp;pid=789</span></a></p>]]></description><link>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/dewomser/statuses/116504127431484237</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.tchncs.de/users/dewomser/statuses/116504127431484237</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[dewomser@social.tchncs.de]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 08:51:45 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>