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Mitchell Feigenbaum

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American mathematical physicist (1944-2019)

United StatesAcademicsLived 1944 to 2019 · aged 74
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Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum was an American mathematical physicist whose pioneering studies in chaos theory led to the discovery of the Feigenbaum constants.

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Bifurcation diagram of the logistic map: Feigenbaum noticed in 1975 that the quotient of successive distances between bifurcation events tends to 4.6692...Bifurcation diagram of the logistic map: Feigenbaum noticed in 1975 that the quotient of successive distances between bifurcation events tends to 4.6692...Mitchell Feigenbaum (right) and Joel Lebowitz (left), 1998Mitchell Feigenbaum (right) and Joel Lebowitz (left), 1998

Awards 6

2017Clarivate Citation Laureates
2008Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics
1988Dickson Prize in Science
1986Wolf Prize in Physics
1982Ernest Orlando Lawrence Award
MacArthur Fellows Program

Connected to Mitchell 6

Richard SmalleyAlso won Ernest Orlando Lawrence AwardKarl DeisserothAlso won Dickson Prize in ScienceMichael Victor BerryAlso won Wolf Prize in PhysicsGabriele VenezianoAlso won Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical PhysicsYvonne Choquet-BruhatAlso won Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical PhysicsLeo KadanoffAlso won Wolf Prize in Physics

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Academics
Type
Academic
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1944 to 2019 · aged 74
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25 languages

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