Notes

Chapter 7: Mechanisms in Programs and Nature


Section 4: Chaos Theory and Randomness from Initial Conditions

Spinning and tossing [as sources of randomness] Billiards Fluttering History of chaos theory Information content of initial conditions Recognizing chaos Instability [and chaos theory] Three-body problem Simple case [of three-body problem] Randomness in the solar system

From Stephen Wolfram: A New Kind of Science [citation]