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Everyday we are confronted with systems that have an inherent tendency to change. The weather, the stock market, or the economic situation are examples. Dramatic changes can be initiated by relatively small perturbations. In the stock market, for instance, even a rumour may be sufficient to trigger sales, lowering quotations and causing panic reactions in other shareholders.
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Meinhardt, H. (1995). Shell patterns — a natural picture book to study dynamic systems and biological pattern formation. In: The Algorithmic Beauty of Sea Shells. The Virtual Laboratory. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-13135-0_1
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