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Analogy for Chaos and Butterfly Effect
- Subjects: Physics, Mathematical
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- Contributor:
- Bo-Wen Shen
- butterfly effects
- chaos
- metaphorical butterfly effect
- for want of a nail
- multistability
- coexisting attractors
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This video is adapted from 10.3390/encyclopedia2030084
Based on the pioneering modeling study by Lorenz in 1963, the original meaning (or definition) of the butterfly effect is the “sensitive dependence of solutions on initial conditions (SDIC)”. This video discusses a popular but inaccurate analogy for chaos and butterfly effect.
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Shen, B. Analogy for Chaos and Butterfly Effect. Encyclopedia. Available online: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/617 (accessed on 16 January 2026).
Shen B. Analogy for Chaos and Butterfly Effect. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/617. Accessed January 16, 2026.
Shen, Bo-Wen. "Analogy for Chaos and Butterfly Effect" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/617 (accessed January 16, 2026).
Shen, B. (2023, February 21). Analogy for Chaos and Butterfly Effect. In Encyclopedia. https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/617
Shen, Bo-Wen. "Analogy for Chaos and Butterfly Effect." Encyclopedia. Web. 21 February, 2023.
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