I don't know if the butterfly should really have its own page as it is only an example of chaos theory
Does anyone here besides me think that fractals deserve some mention in the article?
Fractals could indeed be mentioned if strange attractors where also mentioned. I'd do it myself if it weren't because someone else seems to be editing the page right now (concurrent editing is a pain, even under
WikiWiki :).
Regarding the Lorenz attractor, take a pick on http://www.google.com/search?q=Lorenz+attractor.
--Filip Larsen
Please tell me that real academics don't use the word "dynamical". The "ic" and "al" suffixes mean the same thing (they both mean "pertaining to"). It's just like nails on a chalkboard to me, especially considering that looking the word up in a dictinoary yields the definition "see dynamic".
- Real academics might not use the word, but mathematicians certainly do. "Dynamical systems" is what it's called everywhere. --Axelboldt
- Just looked it up in the OED. ::sigh:: stinking Greek word not adhering to the system of short roots everywhere else in english...
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