Gaston Julia
French mathematician
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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... Wikipedia
Born: February 3, 1893, Sidi Bel Abbès, Algeria
Died: March 19, 1978 (age 85 years), Paris, France
Education: École Normale Supérieure (1911–1914), California Institute of Technology, and University of Paris
Grandchild: Bernard Julia
Children: Marc Julia and Sylvestre Julia