The Jonathan Coulton song Mandelbrot Set is a tribute to both the fractal itself and to its father Benoit Mandelbrot. The second book of the Mode series by Piers Anthony, Fractal Mode, describes a world that is a perfect 3D model of the set.
Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index. The Bloomberg Dollar Spot Index (BBDXY) tracks the performance of a basket of 10 leading global currencies versus the U.S. Dollar. It has a dynamically updated composition and represents a diverse set of currencies that are important from trade and liquidity perspectives.
The US Dollar Index (DXY) measures the value of the Dollar against a basket of currencies on a trade-weighted basis. The index started in March 1973 with a base value of 100. Since then, it has made a high of 164.72 in February 1985, and a low of 70.69 in March 2008.