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Anonymous Fri Apr 22 19:51:46 2011 No.2932823 [Reply] [Original]

Is Chaotic a scientific term?

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 22 21:58:46 2011 No.2933487 no

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 22 21:59:46 2011 No.2933495 yes

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 22 21:59:46 2011 No.2933497 maybe

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 22 22:00:46 2011 No.2933500 File: 175 KB, 499x484, 1301950955479.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>2933497 >>2933495 >>2933487 welcome to /sci/

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 22 22:01:46 2011 No.2933504 >>2933500 HUE HUE HUE

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 22 22:02:46 2011 No.2933505 >>2933487 >>2933495 >>2933497 high degree of chaos in these answers

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 22 22:03:46 2011 No.2933508 yes, no, maybe at the same time

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 22 22:03:46 2011 No.2933510 File: 22 KB, 444x366, i-love-this-thread-so-much.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 22 22:05:46 2011 No.2933520 File: 58 KB, 625x565, R_29.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] Yes. Chaos can occur in nonlinear differential equations where the dimension is 3 or greater (Poincare-Bendixon Theorem). For proof, Lorenz attractor (chaotic system)

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 22 22:09:46 2011 No.2933539 >>2933520 Attempting Newton's method on x^2+1 is probably my favorite example of chaos.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 22 22:14:46 2011 No.2933555 >>2933539 Hmm... I've never heard of that one I'll check it out. My favourite chaotic system is the classic Mandelbrot set.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 22 22:14:46 2011 No.2933556 Yes, chaos is a distinct property of the universe like matter or energy.

>>	Anonymous Fri Apr 22 22:15:46 2011 No.2933564 >>2933520 Wow. That small bit of information radically changed my opinion on the subject