Chaos

  • Heinz-Otto Peitgen
  • Evan Maletsky
  • Hartmut Jürgens
  • Terry Perciante
  • Dietmar Saupe
  • Lee Yunker
Chapter

Abstract

The activities in this unit are designed to develop an understanding of the three main concepts inherent in dynamical systems that exhibit chaos. These concepts are mixing, periodicity, and sensitivity. Systems that are chaotic have all three of these characteristics mingled and merged within them. This is the reason why graphical iteration of different points in a chaotic system produces results that behave in widely different and unpredictable ways.

Keywords

Initial Point Periodic Point Unit Interval Binary Number Irrational Number 
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© Springer Science+Business Media New York 1992

Authors and Affiliations

  • Heinz-Otto Peitgen
    • 1
    • 2
  • Evan Maletsky
    • 3
  • Hartmut Jürgens
    • 1
  • Terry Perciante
    • 4
  • Dietmar Saupe
    • 5
  • Lee Yunker
    • 6
  1. 1.Institut für Dynamische SystemUniversität BremenBremenFederal Republic of Germany
  2. 2.Federal of Republic of Germany and Department of MathematicsFlorida Atlantic UniversityBoca RatonUSA
  3. 3.Department of Mathematics and Computer ScienceMontclair State CollegeUpper MontclairUSA
  4. 4.Department of MathematicsWheaton CollegeWheatonUSA
  5. 5.Institut für InformatikUniversität FreiburgFreiburgFederal Republic of Germany
  6. 6.Department of MathematicsWest Chicago Community High SchoolWest ChicagoUSA

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