Mitchell Feigenbaum
American mathematical physicist
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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. Wikipedia
Born: December 19, 1944, Philadelphia, PA
Died: June 30, 2019 (age 74 years), New York, NY
Nationality: American
Awards: MacArthur Fellowship (1984), Wolf Prize in Physics (1986), and Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (2008)
Research interests: Physics
Doctoral advisor: Francis E. Low
Known for: Feigenbaum constants; Feigenbaum function; Feigenbaum universality