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* Fermi, Ulam and Pasta with help from [[Mary Tsingou]], discover the [[Fermi–Pasta–Ulam problem]].<ref>Fermi, E. (posthumously); Pasta, J.; Ulam, S. (1955) : [http://www.osti.gov/accomplishments/documents/fullText/ACC0041.pdf Studies of Nonlinear Problems (accessed 25 Sep 2012)]. Los Alamos Laboratory Document LA-1940. [http://www.cs.princeton.edu/courses/archive/fall09/cos323/papers/fpu55.pdf Also appeared] in 'Collected Works of Enrico Fermi', E. Segre ed. , [[University of Chicago Press]], Vol.II,978–988,1965. Recovered 21 Dec 2012</ref>

* Molecular dynamics invented by Alder and Wainwright<ref>Alder, B. J.; T. E. Wainwright (1959). "Studies in Molecular Dynamics. I. General Method". J. Chem. Phys. 31 (2): 459. Bibcode 1959JChPh..31..459A. doi:10.1063/1.1730376</ref>

* "[[Equations of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines]]" introduces the [[Metropolis–Hastings algorithm]].<ref>Metropolis, N.; Rosenbluth, A.W.; Rosenbluth, M.N.; Teller, A.H.; Teller, E. (1953): [http://www.aliquote.org/pub/metropolis-et-al-1953.pdf Equations of State Calculations by Fast Computing Machines] (Retrieved 3 May 2012). Journal of Chemical Physics 21 (6): 1087–1092. Bibcode 1953JChPh..21.1087M. [[doi:10.1063/1.1699114]].</ref>

* Householder invents his [[Householder matrix|eponymous matrices]] and [[Householder transformation|transformation method]] (voted one of the top 10 algorithms of the 20th century).<ref>{{cite journal|first=A. S. |last=Householder |title=Unitary Triangularization of a Nonsymmetric Matrix|journal=[[Journal of the ACM]]

|volume=5 |issue=4 |year=1958 |pages=339&ndash;342|doi=10.1145/320941.320947 |mr=0111128}}</ref>