Gaston Julia

Gaston Maurice Julia (1893 - 1978) French mathematician best known for Julia sets.

In his 20s, Julia served in the French Army in World War I, losing his nose in the conflict. Coming home from the war, Julia attracted the attention of mathematicians for his paper on iterated rational functions. Even in those days before computer graphics, he was able to visualize which are connected and which are not. During World War II, he taught at the École Polytechnique. One of his students there, Benoît Mandelbrot, would grow up to popularize his work on fractals.

Title	Gaston Julia
Canonical name	GastonJulia
Date of creation	2013-03-22 16:58:08
Last modified on	2013-03-22 16:58:08
Owner	Mravinci (12996)
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Numerical id	7
Author	Mravinci (12996)
Entry type	Biography
Classification	msc 01A60
Synonym	Gaston Maurice Julia