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Although Chaos Theory and Fractals led to an increased emphasis on experimental mathematics beginning around the 1970s, following the work of Edward Lorenz and Benoit Mandelbrot , mathematicians have always done this, and so this is nothing new. Thus experimental mathematics is used in common parlance among mathematicians to refer to a special kind of experimentation, using computers to investigate a large number of cases, or perform computations that are difficult to do by hand. It is fair to say that the use of computers in this manner (not to be confused with Automated Theorem Proving ) has become more accepted over time by the mathematical community as a worthy endeavour. Indeed, some well-respected journals have begun accepting papers that are largely consisting of experimental mathematics, and there is even a journal devoted entirely to it. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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