chaos theory

noun

: a branch of mathematical and physical theory that deals with the nature and consequences of chaos and chaotic systems

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Recent Examples on the Web The Ram Dass lectures took their place in his library of unorthodox thinkers, which had long embraced Ralph Abraham, a professor of mathematics at UC Santa Cruz, who was not only an expert on chaos theory and psychedelic shamanism but had spent a good deal of time living in a cave in the Himalayas. —

Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 22 Apr. 2024 Legendary scientist Edward Lorenz and his discussions of chaos theory signaled decades ago that there was likely an upper limit on weather predictability. —

Marshall Shepherd, Forbes, 29 Mar. 2024 What chaos theory has to teach us about human events Subscribe to Listen to this Article 00:00 14:57 Produced by ElevenLabs and NOA, News Over Audio, using AI narration. —

Brian Klaas, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2024 From embodying chaos theory in the House to genuflecting before the Great God Trump in the presidential race, Republicans can’t get a handle on how to play the game of politics. —

Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 25 Sep. 2023 See all Example Sentences for chaos theory

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