Helge von Koch
publication date: Saturday, July 6, 2019 (part of Summer 2019)
category: 
Science
clue: In our fractured era, politicians funded by the Koch brothers might call liberals snowflakes, but this mathematician gave us a classic fractal for any era.
explanation: Von Koch developed the Koch snowflake, one of the earliest and most famous of all fractals. more…
intended difficulty: medium
solved by: Russ Wilhelm, Steve West, LaVonne Lemler, Samir Mehta, Chris Lemler, Matthew Preston, Erik Bates, and Aaron Shurtleff
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