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Does chaos theory occur in quantum mechanics? Or in any non-newtonian physics?
Does chaos theory occur in quantum mechanics? Or in any non-newtonian physics? Apart from perhaps thermodynamics?
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Chaos is predictable?
I'm reading a book of computational physics [1] where the driven nonlinear pendulum is studied in deep. This is the equation used in the book:
$$
\frac{d^2\theta}{dt^2} = -\frac{g}{l}\sin\theta - ...
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A good, concrete example of using “chaos theory” to solve an easily understood engineering problem?
Can anyone suggest a good, concrete example of using "chaos theory" to solve an easily understood engineering problem?
I'm wondering if there is a an answer of the following sort:
"We have a high ...
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How and why can random matrices answer physical problems?
Random matrix theory pops up regularly in the context of dynamical systems.
I was, however, so far not able to grasp the basic idea of this formalism. Could someone please provide an instructive ...
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Current scope of Chaos theory and non-linear dynamics?
I am a physics undergrad interested in stuff like dynamical systems, chaos theory etc. Is there ongoing research in these fields? I am talking about pure research and not applications to things like ...
