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Sea gulls, butterflies, and grasshoppers: A brief history of the butterfly effect in nonlinear dynamics

✍ Scribed by Hilborn, Robert C.

Book ID
120816593
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Year
2004
Tongue
English
Weight
296 KB
Volume
72
Category
Article
ISSN
0002-9505

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Sea gulls, butterflies, and grasshoppers
Sea gulls, butterflies, and grasshoppers: A brief history of the butterfly effect in nonlinear dynamics
✍ Hilborn, Robert C. πŸ“‚ Article πŸ“… 2004 πŸ› American Institute of Physics 🌐 English βš– 296 KB

The butterfly effect has become a popular metaphor for sensitive dependence on initial conditionsβ€”the hallmark of chaotic behavior. I describe how, where, and when this term was conceived in the 1970s. Surprisingly, the butterfly metaphor was predated by more than 70 years by the grasshopper effect.