more chaos
morning all. Well, sadly no, I have never eaten at the cottage of content, although i hope to next time I visit Margaret in the Cotswolds. :) I will let you know how i find it.
Ok, so I was asked what chaos theory is, not something i know much about for a start, but it's now better known as the butterfly effect. The original concept is along the lines that there is a pattern to everything, even chaos, if you know where to find it. The following is an extract which covers perhaps the best known aspect of chaos theory.
The flapping of a single butterfly's wing today produces a tiny change in the state of the atmosphere. Over a period of time, what the atmosphere actually does diverges from what it would have done. So, in a month's time, a tornado that would have devastated the Indonesian coast doesn't happen. Or maybe one that wasn't going to happen, does. (Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice? The Mathematics of Chaos, pg. 141)
I would like to know much more about it, it's an intriguing concept.
I would also like to go back to bed. ;)
Ok, so I was asked what chaos theory is, not something i know much about for a start, but it's now better known as the butterfly effect. The original concept is along the lines that there is a pattern to everything, even chaos, if you know where to find it. The following is an extract which covers perhaps the best known aspect of chaos theory.
The flapping of a single butterfly's wing today produces a tiny change in the state of the atmosphere. Over a period of time, what the atmosphere actually does diverges from what it would have done. So, in a month's time, a tornado that would have devastated the Indonesian coast doesn't happen. Or maybe one that wasn't going to happen, does. (Ian Stewart, Does God Play Dice? The Mathematics of Chaos, pg. 141)
I would like to know much more about it, it's an intriguing concept.
I would also like to go back to bed. ;)
posted by Hageltoast at 9:24 am
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