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2003 Japan Prize Winners Announced

Posted by michael on from the good-deeds-going-unpunished dept.

dpatil writes "The 2003 Japan Prize winners have been announced. James Yorke (who named the field of chaos theory) and Benoit Mandelbrot (father of fractals) will share the prize for "Creation of Universal Concepts in Complex Systems--Chaos and Fractals". Here is the citation. The Japan Prize is right up there after the Nobel Prize and the Fields Medal. A good article on Yorke and his research team at the University of Maryland appeared in the Washington Post"

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  1. Mandelbrot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Collect the whole set!

  2. yeeha! First post by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    For Japan!

  3. J-E-T-S! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    JETS

    JETS

    JETS

    And yes, the GIANTS were the winners of the game versus the 49ers. 49ers fans are a bunch of weenies!

  4. IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by BluedemonX · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Japan Prize wins YOU!

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    1. Re:IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by BluedemonX · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      Oh, damn it.

      The ONE time I play into this silly joke, I forget to post AC. CURSES

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  5. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    PRIZE WINS YOU!

  6. Re:HAHAHA by BluedemonX · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Good one, AC. I have too much karma, anyway.

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  7. Sad news ... Stephen King is dead at 55 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    I just heard some sad news on talk radio - Horror/Sci Fi writer Stephen King was found dead in his Maine home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.

  8. pussies by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    all you open source fags are a bunch of pussies.

    don't you know how real mean do it.

    Sure ESR has a lot of guns but if you're just some law abiding pussy then it really makes no difference eh fags?

  9. FIRST PENIS!!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    heh close enough. bite my dik!