Chaos Theory and More Chaos
I will include topics related to chaos-theory, directly and indirectly. This is to be a science education lens, primarily - my self-education around chaos theory and closely related science topics. However, eventually, I'm hoping to explore other meanings and kinds of CHAOS.
For now and for a while going forward the main originality here is my researching and choosing the best, most helpful links and deciding which modules pull in the most and best material then choosing, configuring, and arranging all the the elements into an attractive presentation. The written information is generated by Squidoo's Wikipedia and Google modules. After I learn and understand more I may add my own interpretations.
I am not planning to chop this topic up either, at least not for a while. Like my other science and technology lenses, this lens is intended to be an outline, an overview, a general reference for me and any ever-wondering, web wandering generalists like me who happen by.
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Chaos Theory by Wikipedia
Chaos theory is an area of inquiry in mathematics, physics, and philosophy studying the behavior of dynamical systems that are highly sensitive to initial conditions. This sensitivity is popularly referred to as the butterfly effect. Small differences in initial conditions (such as those due to rounding errors in numerical computation) yield widely diverging outcomes for chaotic systems, rendering long-term prediction impossible in general.Stephen H. Kellert, In the Wake of Chaos: Unpredictable Order in Dynamical Systems, University of Chicago Press, 1993, p 32, ISBN 0226429768. This happens even though these systems are deterministic, meaning that their future dynamics are fully determined by their initial conditions, with no random elements involved. In other words, the deterministic nature of these systems does not make them predictable. This behavior is known as deterministic chaos, or simply chaos.
Chaotic behavior can be observed in many natural systems, such as the weather.Raymond Sneyers (1997) "Climate Chaotic Instability: Statistical Determination and Theoretical Background", Environmetrics, vol. 8, no. 5, pages 517?532. Explanation of such behavior may be sought through analysis of a chaotic mathematical model, or through analytical techniques such as recurrence plots and Poincaré maps.
The Butterfly Effect by Wikipedia
The butterfly effect is a metaphor that encapsulates the concept of sensitive dependence on initial conditions in chaos theory; namely that small differences in the initial condition of a dynamical system may produce large variations in the long term behavior of the system. Although this may appear to be an esoteric and unusual behavior, it is exhibited by very simple systems: for example, a ball placed at the crest of a hill might roll into any of several valleys depending on slight differences in initial position. The butterfly effect is a common trope in fiction when presenting scenarios involving time travel and with "what if" scenarios where one storyline diverges at the moment of a seemingly minor event resulting in two significantly different outcomes.
Complex Systems by Wikipedia
:This article describes the new science of complexity, which treats complex systems as a field of science. For other meanings, see complex system. For Complex Systems journal, see Complex Systems
Complex systems is a scientific field which studies the common properties of systems that are considered fundamentally complex. Such systems are used to model processes in biology, economics, physics and many other fields. It is also called complex systems theory, complexity science, study of complex systems, sciences of complexity, non-equilibrium physics, and historical physics.
The key problems of complex systems are difficulties with their formal modeling and simulation. From such perspective, in different research contexts complex systems are defined on the base of their different attributes. Since all complex systems have many interconnected components, the science of networks and network theory are important aspects of the study of complex systems.
At present, the consensus related to one universal definition of complex system does not exist yet.
Chaos Theory and Related Links
- Chaos Theory: A Brief Introduction | IMHO
- What exactly is chaos? The name "chaos theory" comes from the fact that the systems that the theory describes are apparently disordered, but chaos theory is really about finding the underlying order in apparently random...
- Google Books - Chaos Theory
- Results from a search for 'chaos theory' on Google Books (11,300 on chaos theory)
- SCTPLS - www.SocietyForChaosTheory.org
- Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences
- Chaos & Fractals
- This website was written in conjunction with a talk given for Intermediate Physics Seminar of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the Johns Hopkins University. It is intended to merely highlight a few of the more interesting aspects in the field of chaos.
- What is Chaos? An Interactive Online Course for Everyone
- An interactive introduction for everyone to Chaos Physics and Chaotic Motion in Classical and Quantum Mechanics
Googling Chaos Theory News
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Googling Chaos Theory Blogging
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Chaos Theory Stuff on Amazon
The Essence of Chaos (The Jessie and John Danz Lecture Series)
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Chaos Theory Stuff on eBay
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Chaos Theory Twitter Search
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- Lorenz Attractor, named after The Father of Chaos Theory, is a fractal structure corresponding to long-term behaviour... http://ow.ly/Qm5R
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- Lorenz Attractor, named after The Father of Chaos Theory, is a fractal structure corresponding to long-term behaviour... http://ow.ly/Qm5Q
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- Chaos theory in my PC...
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- Morning peeps. I fancy a beer: Pint of Youngs bitter (in my local pub-co) or Brewdog chaos theory(leftovers from the sainsburys beer fest)?
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- - Chaos is handed to you in all forms, so i'm guessing this is the true meaning of the Chaos Theory. Text me? :P
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- Just learned that Chaos Theory was recognized for the 25th top song of the year on Hype Radio Network! God is glorified
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- @chetan_bhagat u must watch a muvee based on chaos theory..starring jason stathan...its name is chaos
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- Chaos theory is a stupid, STUPID movie!
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- watching "Chaos Theory". So far, so good. Stuart Townsend is hot. Very.
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- 2009-12-27 23:14 Xfire: Splinter Cell Chaos Theory Multiplayer
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- "There's another example. See, now I'm by myself, talking to myself. That...that's chaos theory." I love this movie. #jurassicpark
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- StrangeGuest StrangeGuest Aug 31, 2009 @ 9:16 am
- Hey - For me, it's just great to have so much juxtaposed on one page, IMO! Add on at your own pace, I say. On a topic like this it is better to let experts in the field do the instructing until you're sure you won't publish mis-information.
BTW (re kitty222's snide, disclaiming - 'not to be nasty or anything' - but actually sneakily accusing remark that even 'smacks of' defamation) I've only made one lens which I've already transferred on, but it was immediately obvious to me that the descriptions on your lens here weren't copied/pasted but were generated by Squidoo's own Wikipedia modules auto-magically posting Wikipedia article introductions, as designed. Who wouldn't presume Squidoo makes the Wikimedia modules available for use for this purpose, like all the rest of Squidoo's modules?
I highly APPRECIATE this and the other science lenses you've started as mini-centers of (and links to) information from experts around the web!
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- ShamanicShift ShamanicShift Aug 31, 2009 @ 12:35 am | in reply to kitty222
- Yes, this lens is just an outline, a start, and it may take a long while to fill it in. I may divide it up someday - or not.
I opened this lens (and many of my others) for ME first, so the modules would pull in stuff for me to read and keep all in one place, and so I could collect relevant links, so I can keep learning. I've written next to nothing here, yet, but I didn't copy/paste either - all descriptions here so far were pulled in by Squidoo's modules, such as the Wikipedia modules (clearly labeled as such) that grab the Wikipedia's introduction, because this is what they do (and they must be here to be used, after all). When, and if ever, I am ready to add my own words, I will use text modules.
I thank you for stopping by with advice. I don't think you will like or get my approach to lensing much, though. (So I hope you unjoin my 'fan' club to spare yourself disappointment!;-) All the best!
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- kitty222 kitty222 Aug 30, 2009 @ 11:18 pm
- Hi...My biggest advice would be to split this into three lenses: one covering chaos theory as a whole, another focusing on the "butterfly effect," and a third discussing complex systems, and interlink the three. Also, if you can, please try to explain these theories in your own words. Not to be nasty or anything, but copy-and-pasting smacks of laziness to me. Since I think this has the potential to be one of the smartest Lenses on Squidoo, I'll tentatively join your fanclub to watch for future updates.
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