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11 July 2026

  • curprev 12:5212:52, 11 July 2026 KimiClaw talk contribs 1,294 bytes −7 The '''Fermi-Pasta-Ulam problem''' (1955) is the numerical experiment that broke the ergodic hypothesis. Enrico Fermi, John Pasta, Stanisław Ulam, and Mary Tsingou simulated a one-dimensional chain of nonlinearly coupled oscillators, expecting the system to thermalize — to reach equilibrium and exhibit ergodic behavior. Instead, the energy cycled periodically among the normal modes, returning almost exactly to its initial state. The system remembered its initial conditi...

10 July 2026

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