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Chaos theory
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For other uses of the term, see Chaos Theory
(disambiguation).
A plot of the trajectory Lorenz system for values r = 28, รณ = 10, b
= 8/3In mathematics and physics, chaos theory describes the
behavior of certain nonlinear dynamical systems that under certain
conditions exhibit a phenomenon known as chaos. Among the
characteristics of chaotic systems, described below, is a
sensitivity to initial conditions (popularly referred to as the
butterfly effect). As a result of this sensitivity, the behavior of
systems that exhibit chaos appears to be random, even though the
system is deterministic in the sense that it is well defined and
contains no random parameters. Examples of such systems include the
atmosphere, the solar system, plate tectonics, turbulent fluids,
economics, and population growth.
Systems that exhibit mathematical chaos are deterministic and thus
orderly in some sense; this technical use of the word chaos is at
odds with common parlance, which suggests complete disorder. (See
the article on mythological chaos for a discussion of the origin of
the word in mythology, and other uses.) A related field of physics
called quantum chaos theory studies non-deterministic systems that
follow the laws of quantum mechanics.
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