3.2 (a) Chaos in the Logistic Map (continued)
•Simple systems can have very complex behaviour
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•This should be taught in schools!!
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•Unfortunately text books concentrate on solvable problems, usually linear (small amplitude) ones
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•Why did it take 300 years from Newton to chaos?
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•(1) There were no computers
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•(2) Researchers were looking for order
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•(3) Random results were thought to be wrong: so they ended up in the waste paper basket            @