Re: Neato chaotic equations for analog computers to display?

From: Brian Inglis (Brian.Inglis_at_SystematicSW.Invalid)
Date: 12/25/04 

Date: Sat, 25 Dec 2004 08:24:11 GMT

On Wed, 22 Dec 2004 02:59:41 GMT in alt.folklore.computers, "Nicholas
O. Lindan" <see@sig.com> wrote:

>"Foobar T. Clown" <fubar@gazonk.del>
>
>> Nicholas O. Lindan wrote:
>> > "Lou Pecora" <pecora@anvil.nrl.navy.mil> wrote
>> > >The definition of chaos is very rigorous and precise.
>
>> > What is it? I'd be very interested...
>
>> Here's a couple of jumping off points:
>> http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Chaos.html
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaos_theory
>
>cough, if it is 'very rigorous and precise' there can only be
>one definition. And doubtful it would wiki's.
>
>But, yeah. I'll go along: they both boil down to anything
>moving through space exhibits chaotic behavior.
>
>But they both stumble when trying to cross the pons asinorum
>of 'the butterfly effect'.
>
>I don't care how many butterflies flap their wings in Australia
>it won't create a July snow storm in Central Park 10 days later.
>I think most people agree, well some of most would.

>The weather is chaotic and is therefore bounded. July snow on
>the sheep meadow is outside of those bounds.

Bighorn sheep are difficult to see in the snow any time of year.
I took my father to see the Columbia Icefields/Athabasca glacier a few
years back in July: it started snowing just outside the city, and
provided a wonderful picture postcard view thru the ice on the
windows; it was a near whiteout on the glacier.
I wish the Ozzies would get those butterflies under control by June at
the latest.
We do seem to be near some kind of cusp of the climatic system here:
it was 10C today, 0C tomorrow and Monday, but -20C Sunday! 

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