Chaos : A Very Short Introduction.
Leonard A. Smith
Bok Engelsk 2007 · Electronic books.
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| Utgitt | Oxford : : Oxford University Press, UK, , 2007.
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (201 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - Contents; Acknowledgements; Preface; List of illustrations; 1 The emergence of chaos; 2 Exponential growth, nonlinearity, common sense; 3 Chaos in context: determinism, randomness, and noise; 4 Chaos in mathematical models; 5 Fractals, strange attractors, and dimension(s); 6 Quantifying the dynamics of uncertainty; 7 Real numbers, real observations, and computers; 8 Sorry, wrong number: statistics and chaos; 9 Predictability: does chaos constrain our forecasts?; 10 Applied chaos: can we see through our models?; 11 Philosophy in chaos; Glossary; Further reading; Index;. - Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system can be subject to chaos, denying us accurate predictions of its behaviour, and sometimes giving rise to astonishing structures of large-scale order. This Very Short Introduction draws in philosophy, literature, and accessible maths to explain and illuminate Chaos Theory, showing the variety of its fascinating applications in the real world - from technology to global warming, politics, and even. gambling on the stock market. - ;Chaos exists in systems all around us. Even the simplest system of cause and effect can be subject to ch
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| ISBN | 9780192853783
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