Michel Hénon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French astronomer and mathematician
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Place of Birth: Paris, Île-de-France, France
About Michel Hénon
- Michel Hénon (French: [en?~]; 1931 in Paris – 7 April 2013 in Nice) was a French mathematician and astronomer.
- He worked for a long time at the Nice Observatory. In astronomy, Hénon is well known for his contributions to stellar dynamics.
- In the late 1960s and early 1970s he made important contributions on the dynamical evolution of star clusters, in particular globular clusters.
- He developed a numerical technique using Monte Carlo methods to follow the dynamical evolution of a spherical star cluster much faster than the so-called n-body methods.
- In mathematics, he is well known for the Hénon map, a simple discrete dynamical system that exhibits chaotic behavior. He published a two-volume work on the restricted three-body problem.
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