catastrophe theory

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meaningsofcatastropheandtheory

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catastrophe
noun[C]
uk
/kəˈtæs.trə.fi/us
/kəˈtæs.trə.fi/
a sudden event that causes very great trouble ...
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theory
noun[C or U]
uk
/ˈθɪə.ri/us
/ˈθɪr.i/
a formal statement of the rules on which a subject of study is based or of ideas that are suggested to explain a fact or event or, more generally, an opinion ...
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And much of his interpretation of the kind of knowledge produced bycatastrophetheorydepended on this answer.
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Indeed, the structural stability of a scaled displacement function under contact equivalence leads to the full complexity ofcatastrophetheory.
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These methods include nonlinear mathematics, data simulation methods, the study of patterns, chaos theory, andcatastrophetheory.
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Cancatastrophetheoryprovide adequate explanations for linguistic change?
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This is the subject of a branch of singularity theory calledcatastrophetheory.
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It is worth interpreting the present results in terms of dynamical system orcatastrophetheory.
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Thom was nominated as a professor for this section and got support to explore applications ofcatastrophetheory.
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Catastrophetheorywas an attempt to model discontinuous changes resulting from smooth variations of internal variables.
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These spaces can include singularities and hencecatastrophetheoryis a part of global analysis.
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Finding the solution curves leaving a singular point is called branch switching, and uses techniques from bifurcation theory (singularity theory,catastrophetheory).
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In addition, the success of cybernetics, attractors andcatastrophetheoryillustrates the fruitfulness of word creation as scientific research.
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For other meanings of the word catastrophe, includingcatastrophetheoryin mathematics, see catastrophe (disambiguation).
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He is known for work in nonlinear economic dynamics, including applications in economics ofcatastrophetheory, chaos theory, and complexity theory (complex dynamics, complexity economics).
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This research led to the development of concepts such ascatastrophetheory; a branch of bifurcation theory in dynamical systems.
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Such systems generally exhibit sudden jumps from one equilibrium state to another (sometimes amenable to analysis usingcatastrophetheory).
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Fold bifurcations and the cusp geometry are by far the most important practical consequences ofcatastrophetheory.
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Thom (1974), founder of thecatastrophetheoryacknowledged what he owed to this work.
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Germs are useful in determining the properties of dynamical systems near chosen points of their phase space: they are one of the main tools in singularity theory andcatastrophetheory.
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