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The First Sightings of Hofstadter’s Butterfly Emerged from a Happy Accident

Almost 50 years ago, computer scientist Douglas Hofstadter predicted that a butterfly would spread its wings in the quantum world.…

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Hofstadter’s butterfly: Physicists capture strange fractal pattern for the first time

Theoretical calculation of the energy levels of electrons in twisted layers of graphene in a magnetic field, showing the fractal…

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