Dear Mathematician: Dear Mandelbrot
The Mandelbrot set thanks Mandelbrot for making it famous, though its famous picture shows its butt.
Content note: Mentions a 'butt' (mild).
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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2017-05-03-dear-mathematician-who-discovered-me--dear-mathematician-dear-mandelbrot/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)Transcript
"Dear Mandelbrot, When everyone called me ugly, you alone saw me as beautiful. Now, thanks to you, my picture is everywhere. Unfortunately, that picture totally shows my butt. –The Mandelbrot Set" "OMG so embarrassing"