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  2. Chaos theory - Wikipedia

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    The main catalyst for the development of chaos theory was the electronic computer. Much of the mathematics of chaos theory involves the repeated iteration of simple mathematical formulas, which would be impractical to do by hand. Electronic computers made these repeated calculations practical, while figures and images made it possible to ...

  3. List of chaotic maps - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a chaotic map is a map (an evolution function) that exhibits some sort of chaotic behavior. Maps may be parameterized by a discrete-time or a continuous-time parameter. Discrete maps usually take the form of iterated functions. Chaotic maps often occur in the study of dynamical systems.

  4. List of mathematical theories - Wikipedia

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    Almgren–Pitts min-max theory; Approximation theory; Arakelov theory; Asymptotic theory; Automata theory; Bass–Serre theory; Bifurcation theory; Braid theory; Brill–Noether theory; Catastrophe theory; Category theory; Chaos theory; Character theory; Choquet theory; Class field theory; Cobordism theory; Coding theory; Cohomology theory ...

  5. Chaos Theory Explains Why Your Life Gets So Unbelievably ...

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    More precisely, this example works to explain a kind of math called chaos theory, which looks at how small changes made to a system’s initial conditions—like the extra gust of wind from a ...

  6. Horseshoe map - Wikipedia

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    In the mathematics of chaos theory, a horseshoe map is any member of a class of chaotic maps of the square into itself. It is a core example in the study of dynamical systems. The map was introduced by Stephen Smale while studying the behavior of the orbits of the van der Pol oscillator

  7. Butterfly effect - Wikipedia

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    In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state. The term is closely associated with the work of the mathematician and meteorologist Edward Norton Lorenz.

  8. Hénon map - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, the Hénon map, sometimes called Hénon–Pomeau attractor/map, [1] is a discrete-time dynamical system. It is one of the most studied examples of dynamical systems that exhibit chaotic behavior. The Hénon map takes a point (x n, y n) in the plane and maps it to a new point

  9. Control of chaos - Wikipedia

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    In lab experiments that study chaos theory, approaches designed to control chaos are based on certain observed system behaviors. Any chaotic attractor contains an infinite number of unstable, periodic orbits. Chaotic dynamics, then, consists of a motion where the system state moves in the neighborhood of one of these orbits for a while, then ...