Fermi, Pasta, Ulam and a mysterious lady
Thierry Dauxois (Phys-ENS)
TL;DR
This paper highlights the crucial contribution of Mary Tsingou to the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem, emphasizing her role in pioneering numerical experiments that influenced solitons, chaos theory, and statistical mechanics.
Contribution
It recognizes Mary Tsingou's pioneering work in the first numerical experiment related to the Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem, which impacted multiple fields.
Findings
Recognition of Mary Tsingou's role in the original simulations
The Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem's significance in chaos and soliton theories
Historical correction in scientific attribution
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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