Nonlinear Dynamics
Synonyms
Chaos Theories
Chaos Theory
Dynamics, Non-linear
Dynamics, Nonlinear
Model, Non-linear
Model, Nonlinear
Models, Non-linear
Models, Nonlinear
Non linear Dynamics
Non linear Models
Non-linear Dynamic
Non-linear Dynamics
Non-linear Model
Non-linear Models
Nonlinear Dynamic
Nonlinear Model
Nonlinear Models
Theories, Chaos
Theory, Chaos
The study of systems which respond disproportionately (nonlinearly) to initial conditions or perturbing stimuli. Nonlinear systems may exhibit "chaos" which is classically characterized as sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Chaotic systems, while distinguished from more ordered periodic systems, are not random. When their behavior over time is appropriately displayed (in "phase space"), constraints are evident which are described by "strange attractors". Phase space representations of chaotic systems, or strange attractors, usually reveal fractal (FRACTALS) self-similarity across time scales. Natural, including biological, systems often display nonlinear dynamics and chaos.
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