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Joseph Keller (US), Raymond Goldstein (US/UK), Patrick Warren and Robin Ball (UK) have been awarded the 2012 Ig Nobel prize for physics for calculating the balance of forces that shape and move the hair in a human ponytail [1,2].

 

 

 

The winners were announced and awarded on Thursday 20th September.

 

 

 

Anyone interested should examine the Ponytail Equation.

 

 

 

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[1] Raymond E. Goldstein, Patrick B. Warren, and Robin C. Ball, "Shape of a Ponytail and the Statistical Physics of Hair Fiber Bundles." Physical Review Letters, vol. 198, no. 7, 2012.

 

 

 

[2] Joseph B. Keller, "Ponytail Motion,", Journal of Applied Mathematics, vol. 70, no. 7, 2010, pp. 2667–72.

 

 

 

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