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Fermi, Pasta, Ulam and a mysterious lady

Thierry Dauxois

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Abstract

It is reported that the numerical simulations of the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem were performed by a young lady, Mary Tsingou. After 50 years of omission, it is time for a proper recognition of her decisive contribution to the first ever numerical experiment, central in the solitons and chaos theories, but also one of the very first out-of-equilibrium statistical mechanics study. Let us quote from now on the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam-Tsingou problem.

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Journal reference
Physics Today 61, 1 (2008) 55-57
DOI
doi:10.1063/1.2835154
Subjects
physics.hist-phHistory and Philosophy of Physics cond-mat.stat-mechStatistical Mechanics nlin.CDChaotic Dynamics nlin.PSPattern Formation and Solitons nlin.SIExactly Solvable and Integrable Systems

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