How Mathematicians Make Sense of Chaos | Quanta Magazine
Dynamical systems can be chaotic and impossible to predict, but mathematicians have discovered tools to help understand them.
Hasnain says:
“While some mathematicians bristled at the hype — dynamical systems was nothing new, after all — the impact of chaotic systems on mathematics and science was profound. The existence of chaos showed that even in a deterministic system, we may be unable to accurately predict the future because of its sensitive dependence on initial conditions. But because of tools like Smale’s horseshoe, we can still extract useful information from these systems.”
Posted on 2022-03-03T06:51:33+0000