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Traditionally all the macroscopic phenomena observed in nature have been studied via solutions of differential equations which are described by smooth and continuous curves. This approach works very well for a class of problem like the planetary motion where the orbits are regular geometric objects (namely, ellipsi). However, there is a class of problems like the fluid turbulence which involves growth of objects of irregular shape and cannot be studied via smooth solutions of differential equations.
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Shivamoggi, B.K. (1997). Nonlinear Differential Equations. In: Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaotic Phenomena. Fluid Mechanics and Its Applications, vol 42. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-2442-5_2
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