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Mathematician of the day - Bill Zimmerly - 12-19-2009
One of my favourite websites that I check on a daily basis is...
...and on this particular day (December 19) I saw that Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum was born in 1944. Here is his direct Bio no matter what day "today" is...
I found his Bio to be significant for this forum because it mentions his work on HP calculators - with the HP-65 being mentioned in particular.
Enjoy!
Re: Mathematician of the day - hpnut - 12-19-2009
Thanks! it's great to know eminent users of HP calculators. Does the professor know this forum exists? :-)
Re: Mathematician of the day - Bill Zimmerly - 12-20-2009
Quote:I don't know. It was a great read, wasn't it? I've never heard of the Feigenbaum Number before, and it was neat learning about it.
Thanks! it's great to know eminent users of HP calculators. Does the professor know this forum exists? :-)
Re: Mathematician of the day - hpnut - 12-20-2009
Done. I invited the professor to visit us at the Museum :-)
Re: Mathematician of the day - Mark Hardman - 12-20-2009
Checkout this past MoHPC thread that discusses programming methods that Feigenbaum might have used.
http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv014.cgi?read=57727
and
http://www.hpmuseum.org/cgi-sys/cgiwrap/hpmuseum/archv014.cgi?read=57914
Edited: 20 Dec 2009, 8:33 p.m.