What Does Chaos Theory Mean?
Chaos theory is a particular mathematical field that studies the properties of, and predictability of, deterministic systems, or systems that are dependent on a base set of initial conditions. Chaos theory may model these systems in various ways, or try to make mathematical determinations about these systems.
Techopedia Explains Chaos Theory
Chaos theory is often used for a variety of real-world systems that are dynamic or deterministic – that seem like they might be accommodating to certain predictive methodologies. Systems like these include weather and climate systems, or scientific systems such as the kinds of systems that physicists might look at in a laboratory. Other types of dynamic systems rely on the individual behaviors of masses of people or animals. In general, the entire universe and the biosphere are also seen as systems relevant to chaos theory – one aspect of chaos theory that holds that small changes ripple over time is called the “butterfly effect,” as modeled in science fiction classics, such as Ray Bradbury’s “A Sound of Thunder.”
