:Real academics might not use the word, but mathematicians certainly do. "Dynamical systems" is what it's called everywhere. --Axelboldt |
: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... |
Does anyone here besides me think that fractals deserve some mention in the article?
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".