Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem

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gptkbp:instanceOf scientific problem
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:FPUT_problem
gptkbp:computationalExperiment numerical simulation of nonlinear oscillators
gptkbp:describes energy sharing in nonlinear systems
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
gptkb:statistical_mechanics
nonlinear dynamics
physics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Enrico_Fermi
gptkb:John_Pasta
gptkb:Mary_Tsingou
gptkb:Stanislaw_Ulam
gptkbp:publishedIn gptkb:Los_Alamos_report_LA-1940
gptkbp:purpose study thermalization in nonlinear lattices
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Korteweg–de_Vries_equation
gptkb:ergodic_hypothesis
chaos theory
integrable systems
soliton theory
gptkbp:significance challenged assumptions about thermalization
early use of computers in physics
gptkbp:unexpectedResult recurrence of initial state
gptkbp:yearProposed 1953
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Enrico_Fermi
gptkbp:bfsLayer 3