Benoit Mandelbrot Disdained Traditional Euclidian Geometry for Its

question 22

Multiple Choice

Benoit Mandelbrot disdained traditional Euclidian geometry for its

• A) inability to account for variations in starting points.
• B) Inability to describe irregularly shaped forms.
• C) lack of inclusion of color as a component of order.
• D) great focus on finite patterns.

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