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Analogy for Chaos and Butterfly Effect
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  • Update Date: 22 Feb 2023
  • 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 05 December 2025).
Shen B. Analogy for Chaos and Butterfly Effect. Encyclopedia. Available at: https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/617. Accessed December 05, 2025.
Shen, Bo-Wen. "Analogy for Chaos and Butterfly Effect" Encyclopedia, https://encyclopedia.pub/video/video_detail/617 (accessed December 05, 2025).
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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