Oscar E. Lanford, III

Professor

Research

Primary Research Area:

Mathematical Analysis

Primary Research Area:

Geometry/Topology

Additional Research Areas:

Applied Mathematics, Probability

Research Interests:

Dynamical systems, statistical mechanics, quantum field theory, mathematical computation

Year Appointed:

1966

Left UC Berkeley:

1983

Deceased:

2013

Publications

Selected Publications:

A computer-assisted proof of the Feigenbaum conjectures", Bull.Am.Math.Soc.(New Series) 6 (3) (1982) 427–434, doi:10.1090/S0273-0979-1982-15008-X
A Shorter Proof of the Existence of the Feigenbaum Fixed Point, Comm. Math. Phys 96 (4) (1984) 521–538, Bibcode:1984CMaPh..96..521L, doi:10.1007/BF01212533