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Edward Ott · Science & Medicine

What

Chaos theorist and co-inventor of chaos control; Richardson Medal (2017)

When

1941, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Edward Ott is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Chaos theorist and co-inventor of chaos control; Richardson Medal (2017)

How & why

Edward Ott is a physicist at the University of Maryland who helped establish chaos theory and co-invented the OGY method of chaos control, showing how tiny perturbations can stabilize chaotic systems; his textbook 'Chaos in Dynamical Systems' is a standard reference. He is listed among Jews in continuum mechanics in Jewish biographical references.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics

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Chaos theorist and co-inventor of chaos control; Richardson Medal (2017)

1941

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Continuum Mechanics