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arxiv: 0801.1590 · v1 · submitted 2008-01-10 · ⚛️ physics.hist-ph · cond-mat.stat-mech· nlin.CD· nlin.PS· nlin.SI

Fermi, Pasta, Ulam and a mysterious lady

classification ⚛️ physics.hist-ph cond-mat.stat-mechnlin.CDnlin.PSnlin.SI
keywords firstladynumericalproblemcentralchaoscontributiondecisive
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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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