Definition:First Feigenbaum Constant/Historical Note
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Historical Note on First Feigenbaum Constant
The first Feigenbaum constant was the result of serendipitous observations by Mitchell Jay Feigenbaum in $1979$.
Its precise value may still be a topic of research.
Different sources quote it differently.
Watch this space.
Sources
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $4 \cdotp 66920 \, 16609 \, 0 \ldots$
- 1998: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Feigenbaum number (M.J. Feigenbaum, 1979)
- 2008: David Nelson: The Penguin Dictionary of Mathematics (4th ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): Feigenbaum number (M.J. Feigenbaum, 1979)