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* [[Martin Kruskal|Kruskal]] and [[Norman Zabusky|Zabusky]] follow up the [[Fermi–Pasta–Ulam–Tsingou problem]] with further numerical experiments, and coin the term "soliton".<ref>Zabusky, N. J.; Kruskal, M. D. (1965). "Interaction of 'solitons' in a collisionless plasma and the recurrence of initial states". Phys. Rev. Lett. 15 (6): 240–243. Bibcode 1965PhRvL..15..240Z. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.15.240.</ref><ref>http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soliton ; retrieved 3 nov 2012.</ref>
* [[Edward Lorenz]] discovers the [[butterfly effect]] on a computer, attracting interest in [[chaos theory]].<ref>{{cite journal|last=Lorenz|first=Edward N.|title=Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow|journal=Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences |pages=130–141|year=1963|url=http://www.nd.edu/~powers/ame.60611/lorenz.article.pdf|doi=10.1175/1520-0469(1963)020<0130:DNF>2.0.CO;2|volume=20|issue=2|bibcode = 1963JAtS...20..130L }}</ref>
* Birch and Swinnerton-Dyer conjecture formulated thorough investigations on a computer.<ref>Birch, Bryan; Swinnerton-Dyer, Peter (1965). "Notes on Elliptic Curves (II)". J. Reine Angew. Math. 165 (218): 79–108. doi:10.1515/crll.1965.218.79.</ref>
* Frenchman Verlet (re)discovers [[Verlet integration|a numerical integration algorithm]],<ref name="Verlet">{{cite journal
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