Chaos

James P. Crutchfield
J. Doyne Farmer
Norman H. Packard
Robert S. Shaw

Abstract

There is order in chaos: randomness has an underlying geometric form. Chaos imposes fundmental limits on prediction, but it also suggests causal relationships where none were previously suspected.

Citation

J. P. Crutchfield, J. D. Farmer, N. H. Packard, and R. S. Shaw. "Chaos." Scientific American 255, December 1986: 46-57.

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