Mitchell Feigenbaum
American mathematical physicist (1944–2019) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum /ˈfaɪɡənˌbaʊm/ (December 19, 1944 – June 30, 2019) was an American mathematical physicist whose pioneering studies in chaos theory led to the discovery of the Feigenbaum constants.
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Born | Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum (1944-12-19)December 19, 1944 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US |
Died | June 30, 2019(2019-06-30) (aged 74) New York City, New York, US |
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | City College of New York (BS) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD) |
Known for | Feigenbaum constants Feigenbaum function Feigenbaum universality |
Awards | MacArthur Fellow (1984) Wolf Prize (1986) Heineman Prize (2008) |
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Fields | Mathematical physics |
Institutions | Rockefeller University |
Doctoral advisor | Francis E. Low |
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