Preferred Label : nonlinear dynamics;
MeSH definition : The study of systems which respond disproportionately (nonlinearly) to initial conditions
or perturbing stimuli. Nonlinear systems may exhibit chaos which is classically characterized
as sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Chaotic systems, while distinguished
from more ordered periodic systems, are not random. When their behavior over time
is appropriately displayed (in phase space), constraints are evident which are described
by strange attractors. Phase space representations of chaotic systems, or strange
attractors, usually reveal fractal (FRACTALS) self-similarity across time scales.
Natural, including biological, systems often display nonlinear dynamics and chaos.;
MeSH synonym : dynamics, non-linear; nonlinear dynamic; dynamics, nonlinear; non-linear dynamics; non linear dynamics; non-linear dynamic;
MeSH hyponym : chaos theory; models, nonlinear; Model, Nonlinear; Nonlinear Model; Nonlinear Models; Non-linear Models; Model, Non-linear; Models, Non-linear; Non linear Models; Non-linear Model; Chaos Theories; Theories, Chaos; Theory, Chaos;
MeSH annotation : a math principle applied to theoret models;
Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-linear dynamics;
Origin ID : D017711;
UMLS CUI : C0206166;
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The study of systems which respond disproportionately (nonlinearly) to initial conditions
or perturbing stimuli. Nonlinear systems may exhibit chaos which is classically characterized
as sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Chaotic systems, while distinguished
from more ordered periodic systems, are not random. When their behavior over time
is appropriately displayed (in phase space), constraints are evident which are described
by strange attractors. Phase space representations of chaotic systems, or strange
attractors, usually reveal fractal (FRACTALS) self-similarity across time scales.
Natural, including biological, systems often display nonlinear dynamics and chaos.
