Fermi, Pasta, Ulam and the birth of experimental mathematics

American Scientist

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-221

  Porter, Mason A ^a,f   Zabusky, Norman J ^b,c   Hu, Bambi ^d   Campbell, David K ^e  

^a SOMERVILLE COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

^c Rutgers University   (United States)

^d University of Houston   (United States)

^e Boston University   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; NUMERICAL METHOD;

EID: 67649515529     PISSN: 00030996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1511/2009.78.214     Document Type: Article

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