What is Mitchell Feigenbaum?
[[File:Mitchell J Feigenbaum - Niels Bohr Institute 2006.jpg|thumb|Feigenbaum in May 2006]] '''Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum''' (December 19, 1944 – June 30, 2019) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Mathematical physics|mathematical physicist]]. His studies in [[chaos theory]] led to the discovery of the [[:en:Feigenbaum_constants|Feigenbaum constants]]. He became a professor at [[Rockefeller University]] in 1986. He was given a [[MacArthur Foundation|MacArthur Fellowship]] in 1983. In 1986, he was awarded the [[Wolf Prize]] in Physics. Feigenbaum was born in [[Philadelphia]], [[Pennsylvania]] to [[Jewish]] parents. He grew up in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]]. Feigenbaum died on June 30, 2019 in [[New York City]], at the age of 74.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.rockefeller.edu/news/26289-mitchell-feigenbaum-physicist-pioneered-chaos-theory-died/|title=Mitchell Feigenbaum, physicist who pioneered chaos theory, has died|date=July 2, 2019|access-date=July 3, 2019|publisher=[[Rockefeller University]]}}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category|Mitchell Feigenbaum}} *{{MacTutor Biography|id=Feigenbaum}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Feigenbaum, Mitchell}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2019 deaths]] [[Category:Rockefeller University faculty]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:Jewish American scientists]] [[Category:Scientists from Brooklyn]] [[Category:Scientists from Philadelphia]] {{US-bio-stub}}