Some systems of equations can produce vast changes in output with only small changes in input. Or not. This sensitivitiy to initial conditions is a key characteristic of chaos. As happens not infrequently in mathematics, the term chaos also carries larger-world meanings additional to the correct ones -- indeed, the phenomena studied in chaos theory are not haphazardly disordered but are complex. Very very complex. Judy Neri's poem addresses this topic.
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Tuesday, October 25, 2011
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