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Is there a #mathematical framework for abrupt change? Christopher Zeeman was one of the key figures behind #CatastropheTheory, a topological approach to discontinuous behavior that later informed much of today’s work on #TippingPoints. Just came across his elegant 1976 paper, outlining his core ideas:
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Is there a #mathematical framework for abrupt change? Christopher Zeeman was one of the key figures behind #CatastropheTheory, a topological approach to discontinuous behavior that later informed much of today’s work on #TippingPoints. Just came across his elegant 1976 paper, outlining his core ideas:
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This device's behaviour feels like something Christopher Zeeman might have invented back in the 1970s to demonstrate catastrophe theory.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-QTkPfq7w1A
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAKz5DoOa54