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Title:
Sea gulls, butterflies, and grasshoppers: A brief history of the butterfly effect in nonlinear dynamics
Authors:
Hilborn, Robert C.
Affiliation:
AA(Department of Physics, Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts 01002)
Publication:
American Journal of Physics, Volume 72, Issue 4, pp. 425-427 (2004).
Publication Date:
04/2004
Origin:
AIP
PACS Keywords:
Nonlinear dynamics and chaos, Chaos in fluid dynamics, History of science
Abstract Copyright:
2004: American Association of Physics Teachers
DOI:
10.1119/1.1636492
Bibliographic Code:
2004AmJPh..72..425H

Abstract

The butterfly effect has become a popular metaphor for sensitive dependence on initial conditions---the hallmark of chaotic behavior. I describe how, where, and when this term was conceived in the 1970s. Surprisingly, the butterfly metaphor was predated by more than 70 years by the grasshopper effect.
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