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3 unusual facts about Mitchell Feigenbaum


Feigenbaum

Mitchell Feigenbaum (born 1944), American mathematical physicist and discoverer of the Feigenbaum functions and constants

Mitchell Feigenbaum

In the Angel (TV series) episode, "A Hole in the World", doctoral candidate Winifred "Fred" Burkle (portrayed by Amy Acker) is shown to have a stuffed bunny named Feigenbaum (whom she refers to as the "master of chaos").

In another practical application of his work, he founded Numerix with Michael Goodkin in 1996.



see also

Numerix

The company was founded by Alexander Sokol, Nigel Goldenfeld, Mitchell Feigenbaum and Michael Goodkin in 1996 and is headquartered in New York City with eighteen offices worldwide.