Mitchell Feigenbaum

Mitchell Feigenbaum
Mitchell Feigenbaum in 2006
Born
Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum

(1944-12-19)December 19, 1944
DiedJune 30, 2019(2019-06-30) (aged 74)
New York City, New York, US
NationalityAmerican
Alma materCity College of New York (BS)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD)
Known forFeigenbaum constants
Feigenbaum function
Feigenbaum universality
AwardsMacArthur Fellow (1984)
Wolf Prize (1986)
Heineman Prize (2008)
Scientific career
FieldsMathematical physics
InstitutionsRockefeller University
Doctoral advisorFrancis E. Low

Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum /ˈfɡənˌbm/ (December 19, 1944 – June 30, 2019) was an American mathematical physicist whose pioneering studies in chaos theory led to the discovery of the Feigenbaum constants.