Chaos : A pictorial introduction.

This animated presentation illustrates some essential features of the theory of "chaos" which has received media attention in recent years. It also tells the story of a contribution to the theory by the School of Mathematics at La Trobe University.

Contents

1. The Idea of a System
2. State Spaces
3. Types of Systems
4. Predictable Systems
5. Sensitive Dependence
6. Transitivity
7. Dense Periodic States
8. A Surprising Result!

It is strongly suggested that on your first visit, you view these pages in the order shown.

For further reading:

• Lisa Landers maintains a page of links to other chaos pages.
• Another such page of links to other chaos pages is maintained at CALResCo.
• The Dynamical Systems Project at Boston University is headed by Professor Bob Devaney. He suggested the definition of chaos which inspired this presentation and the work it discusses.

This page has been visited times since 8 July 1996.