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  • It doesn't stand for anything, it's just an initial. A lot of people did that at one time to make themselves sound more interesting.
    • bostjan the adequate 🥉
      I read somewhere that he added the "B." middle initial to distinguish himself from all of the other Benoit Mandlebrots out there. I do think it would be more interesting if the "B." stood for "Benoit B. Mandlebrot," though, being that he was the father of fractal geometry.

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