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* [[finite element method#History|First recorded use]] of the term "finite element method" by [[Ray W. Clough|Ray Clough]],<ref>RW Clough, “The Finite Element Method in Plane

Stress Analysis,” Proceedings of 2nd ASCE Conference on Electronic Computation, Pittsburgh, PA, Sept. 8, 9, 1960.</ref> to describe the methods of Courant, Hrenikoff and Zienkiewicz, among others. See also [[Structural analysis#Timeline|here]].

* Using computational investigations of the [[3 -body problem]], Minovitch formulates the [[gravity assist]] method.<ref>Minovitch, Michael: "A method for determining interplanetary free-fall reconnaissance trajectories," Jet Propulsion Laboratory Technical Memo TM-312-130, pages 38-44 (23 August 1961).</ref><ref>Christopher Riley and Dallas Campbell, Oct 22, 2012. [http://www.bbc.co.uk%2Fnews%2Fscience-environment-20033940&ei=j-29UZ6sNIexPInBgfAG&usg=AFQjCNEj30660hWJWTpfDJohrZek5KxAFA "The maths that made Voyager possible"]. BBC News Science and Environment. Recovered 16 Jun 2013.</ref>

* Molecular dynamics was invented independently by [[Aneesur Rahman]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Rahman|first=A|title=Correlations in the Motion of Atoms in Liquid Argon|journal=Phys Rev|year=1964|volume=136|issue=2A|pages=A405–A41|doi=10.1103/PhysRev.136.A405|bibcode = 1964PhRv..136..405R }}</ref>

* Cooley and Tukey re-invent the [[Fast Fourier transform]] (voted one of the top 10 algorithms of the 20th century), an algorithm first discovered by [[Gauss]].