Which Happened First?

Gaston Julia

Gaston Julia
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Gaston Maurice Julia was a French mathematician who devised the formula for the Julia set. His works were popularized by Benoit Mandelbrot; the Julia and Mandelbrot fractals are closely related. He founded, independently with Pierre Fatou, the modern theory of holomorphic dynamics.

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Who was born first?

Timeline

  1. Albert Szent-GyörgyiSeptember 16, 1893 – October 22, 1986
  2. Christopher Kelk IngoldOctober 28, 1893 – December 8, 1970
  3. Edward Adelbert DoisyNovember 13, 1893 – October 23, 1986
  4. Gaston Julia (this page)February 3, 1893 – March 19, 1978
  5. Harold UreyApril 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981
  6. Hilda GeiringerSeptember 28, 1893 – March 22, 1973

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