#chaostheory — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #chaostheory, aggregated by home.social.
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👩💻 Ah yes, in 2026 we're still being told how some dusty computer from 1955 "changed our understanding" of chaos. 🤯 Apparently, it took a Nobel laureate, a genius programmer, and a printer spewing numbers like it's going out of style, to discover that chaos is chaotic. Breaking news: water is wet! 💦
https://www.lanl.gov/media/publications/1663/science-of-unpredictability #HackerNews #ChaosTheory #TechHistory #GeniusProgramming #WetWater #HackerNews #ngated -
Mistodon: for last month's new books-themed MIST0426 artpack collection, Moth decided to celebrate #JamesGleick's 1987 book #ChaosMakingANewScience, a key volume in the popularization of #chaostheory, requiring the manual #ANSIart illustration of #fractal imagery on its cover, on which LDA helped out.
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Mistodon: for last month's new books-themed MIST0426 artpack collection, Moth decided to celebrate #JamesGleick's 1987 book #ChaosMakingANewScience, a key volume in the popularization of #chaostheory, requiring the manual #ANSIart illustration of #fractal imagery on its cover, on which LDA helped out.
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Mistodon: for last month's new books-themed MIST0426 artpack collection, Moth decided to celebrate #JamesGleick's 1987 book #ChaosMakingANewScience, a key volume in the popularization of #chaostheory, requiring the manual #ANSIart illustration of #fractal imagery on its cover, on which LDA helped out.
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Mistodon: for last month's new books-themed MIST0426 artpack collection, Moth decided to celebrate #JamesGleick's 1987 book #ChaosMakingANewScience, a key volume in the popularization of #chaostheory, requiring the manual #ANSIart illustration of #fractal imagery on its cover, on which LDA helped out.
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Mistodon: for last month's new books-themed MIST0426 artpack collection, Moth decided to celebrate #JamesGleick's 1987 book #ChaosMakingANewScience, a key volume in the popularization of #chaostheory, requiring the manual #ANSIart illustration of #fractal imagery on its cover, on which LDA helped out.
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Reading #PeriodThreeImpliesChaos https://www.nku.edu/~longa/classes/2024spring/mat360/days/resources/docs/Chaos/Li-PeriodThreeImplies-1975.pdf
It's a very good read, well-written.
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Discover beauty in chaos with the mesmerizing Mandelbrot Set! https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2025/mandelbrot-set/ #mandelbrotset #fractals #mathematics #chaostheory #complexnumbers #art #visualization #mathart #self-similarity #complexdynamics
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Discover beauty in chaos with the mesmerizing Mandelbrot Set! https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2025/mandelbrot-set/ #mandelbrotset #fractals #mathematics #chaostheory #complexnumbers #art #visualization #mathart #self-similarity #complexdynamics
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Discover beauty in chaos with the mesmerizing Mandelbrot Set! https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2025/mandelbrot-set/ #mandelbrotset #fractals #mathematics #chaostheory #complexnumbers #art #visualization #mathart #self-similarity #complexdynamics
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Discover beauty in chaos with the mesmerizing Mandelbrot Set! https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2025/mandelbrot-set/ #mandelbrotset #fractals #mathematics #chaostheory #complexnumbers #art #visualization #mathart #self-similarity #complexdynamics
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Discover beauty in chaos with the mesmerizing Mandelbrot Set! https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2025/mandelbrot-set/ #mandelbrotset #fractals #mathematics #chaostheory #complexnumbers #art #visualization #mathart #self-similarity #complexdynamics
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this is truly one of the most incredible videos i've seen in a long time.. OMG
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The Structural Isomorphism between Primes and Chaos.
We compared the microscopic gap spectrum of:
Real Primes (First 500M)
Our Chaos Model (Logistic Map at band-merging point)
The result is striking.
Our deterministic model accurately reproduces the discrete resonance peaks (at gaps 6, 12, 18...), capturing the "arithmetic rigidity" usually thought to be unique to Number Theory.
Primes might be a low-dimensional chaotic system.
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📉 Terence Tao bravely attempts to tame the chaotic beast that is the Collatz conjecture, only to declare them "almost" conquered. Meanwhile, the rest of us are left wondering if this math prodigy just explained something or if he’s just flexing his alphabet soup of algebraic wizardry. 🤯🌀
https://mathvideos.org/2023/terence-tao-almost-all-collatz-orbits-attain-almost-bounded-values/ #TerenceTao #CollatzConjecture #MathProdigy #AlgebraicWizards #ChaosTheory #HackerNews #ngated -
Do not get fooled with #ChaosTheory as a #comedy #movie. I fell like it is more like a #ButterlyEffect2 with #cheesy acting and a #story about “it’s no one’s fault, but we have to do everything for that kiddo”.
For me not enjoyable at all. I’d say that no character is kind of likable, all of them are #annoying in some sort of degree. Expect the kid, she’s just a victim of adults making #mistakes.
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Have you ever wanted to be a weatherman? What about a man that cannot be weathered down by the uncertainty of life and competition?
Rhyme about Chaos, and change the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in your own mind.
100 Chaos Theory Rhymes: And Definitions
https://a.co/d/3gm6ZAyFree for Kindle tomorrow through October 4th.
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Explore infinite beauty with the mesmerizing Mandelbrot Set! https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2025/mandelbrot-set/ #mandelbrotset #fractals #mathematics #chaostheory #complexnumbers #art #visualization #mathart #self-similarity #complexdynamics
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Explore infinite beauty with the mesmerizing Mandelbrot Set! https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2025/mandelbrot-set/ #mandelbrotset #fractals #mathematics #chaostheory #complexnumbers #art #visualization #mathart #self-similarity #complexdynamics
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Explore infinite beauty with the mesmerizing Mandelbrot Set! https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2025/mandelbrot-set/ #mandelbrotset #fractals #mathematics #chaostheory #complexnumbers #art #visualization #mathart #self-similarity #complexdynamics
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Explore infinite beauty with the mesmerizing Mandelbrot Set! https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2025/mandelbrot-set/ #mandelbrotset #fractals #mathematics #chaostheory #complexnumbers #art #visualization #mathart #self-similarity #complexdynamics
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Explore infinite beauty with the mesmerizing Mandelbrot Set! https://www.funkysi1701.com/posts/2025/mandelbrot-set/ #mandelbrotset #fractals #mathematics #chaostheory #complexnumbers #art #visualization #mathart #self-similarity #complexdynamics
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🌪️ Chaos in Simple Dynamic Systems - Why it Matters in Physics & Simulations
Chaos is one of the most fascinating aspects of nonlinear dynamics. Even in the simplest systems governed by deterministic equations, a tiny change in initial conditions can lead to dramatically different outcomes - a phenomenon popularly known as the “butterfly effect.”
Two toy problems here illustrate how chaos emerges in physical systems:
🔹 Problem 1 - Lorenz Attractor
A set of three nonlinear ODEs originally derived to model atmospheric convection. What starts as a simple flow model quickly evolves into the famous “butterfly” trajectory - showing how sensitive fluid systems are to initial conditions.🔹 Problem 2 - Chaotic Billiards
Two balls start with nearly identical positions inside a circular boundary. Initially, their paths overlap, but after a few bounces, their trajectories diverge completely - despite following the same physical laws of elastic collisions.💡 These toy examples highlight a deeper truth:
Chaos is not randomness. It arises from deterministic equations that amplify small differences.
Capturing chaotic dynamics accurately in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) or turbulence simulations is an ongoing challenge in physics, HPC, and AI.
In real-world engineering, this sensitivity influences weather prediction, turbulence modeling, aerodynamics, and even industrial process simulations.Here are some animations of both systems - the iconic Lorenz attractor and the chaotic motion of bouncing balls - to visualize just how quickly order gives way to apparent disorder:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6z4qRhpBIyA
https://scipython.com/blog/chaotic-balls/
#ChaosTheory #HPC #NumericalMethods #AI #FluidDynamics #ButterflyEffect #Simulation
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Euro Nets Seek ‘Nation’s Dumbest’; Lynx Capital To Fund Chaos Theory Films; Moviehouse Bags ‘Lenore’; SET Joins ‘Rise And Fall India’; German TV Awards Winners – Global Briefs
#News #BBCStudios #ChaosTheory #DeutscheFernsehpreis #Lenore #LynxCapital #MoviehouseEntertainment #Nation039sDumbesthttps://deadline.com/2025/09/nations-dumbest-tf1-joyn-mtv3-global-briefs-1236528479/
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What’s the opposite of conspiracy theoricism? Political chaos theoricism!
I argue that people actually overestimate the amount of control important people wield. Inasmuch there is probably more pretending to be in control than actual being in control.
Of course, a lot of mean people do mean things all the time. But they never report how many times they fail, and my view of the topic is that failure is the more common occurrence!
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🎉 Congrats! You've reached a level of IT prowess where dropping the production database is just Friday night entertainment. 😂 With #Cloudflare blocking your attempts at self-sabotage, it's a wonder you haven't been promoted to Chief Chaos Officer yet. 🍕🔒
https://vince.beehiiv.com/p/how-i-dropped-the-production-database-on-a-friday-night #ITproblems #FridayFun #ChaosTheory #DatabaseDisaster #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Congrats! You've reached a level of IT prowess where dropping the production database is just Friday night entertainment. 😂 With #Cloudflare blocking your attempts at self-sabotage, it's a wonder you haven't been promoted to Chief Chaos Officer yet. 🍕🔒
https://vince.beehiiv.com/p/how-i-dropped-the-production-database-on-a-friday-night #ITproblems #FridayFun #ChaosTheory #DatabaseDisaster #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Congrats! You've reached a level of IT prowess where dropping the production database is just Friday night entertainment. 😂 With #Cloudflare blocking your attempts at self-sabotage, it's a wonder you haven't been promoted to Chief Chaos Officer yet. 🍕🔒
https://vince.beehiiv.com/p/how-i-dropped-the-production-database-on-a-friday-night #ITproblems #FridayFun #ChaosTheory #DatabaseDisaster #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated -
🎉 Congrats! You've reached a level of IT prowess where dropping the production database is just Friday night entertainment. 😂 With #Cloudflare blocking your attempts at self-sabotage, it's a wonder you haven't been promoted to Chief Chaos Officer yet. 🍕🔒
https://vince.beehiiv.com/p/how-i-dropped-the-production-database-on-a-friday-night #ITproblems #FridayFun #ChaosTheory #DatabaseDisaster #TechHumor #HackerNews #ngated -
#DemocracyInAStrangleHold
#ChaosTheory(3/n)
...the higher the #GiniCoefficient in a society, the larger the risk for #CivilWar.
If I. remember it correctly, the #CivilWar risk for the #US has more than doubled in recent decades, small wonder, regarding the proliferation ofmilluonaires and billionaires in that period.
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#DemocracyInAStrangleHold
#ChaosTheory(3/n)
...the higher the #GiniCoefficient in a society, the larger the risk for #CivilWar.
If I. remember it correctly, the #CivilWar risk for the #US has more than doubled in recent decades, small wonder, regarding the proliferation ofmilluonaires and billionaires in that period.
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#DemocracyInAStrangleHold
#ChaosTheory(3/n)
...the higher the #GiniCoefficient in a society, the larger the risk for #CivilWar.
If I. remember it correctly, the #CivilWar risk for the #US has more than doubled in recent decades, small wonder, regarding the proliferation ofmilluonaires and billionaires in that period.
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#DemocracyInAStrangleHold
#ChaosTheory(3/n)
...the higher the #GiniCoefficient in a society, the larger the risk for #CivilWar.
If I. remember it correctly, the #CivilWar risk for the #US has more than doubled in recent decades, small wonder, regarding the proliferation ofmilluonaires and billionaires in that period.
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#DemocracyInAStrangleHold
#ChaosTheory(3/n)
...the higher the #GiniCoefficient in a society, the larger the risk for #CivilWar.
If I. remember it correctly, the #CivilWar risk for the #US has more than doubled in recent decades, small wonder, regarding the proliferation ofmilluonaires and billionaires in that period.
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#DemocracyInAStrangleHold
#ChaosTheory(1/n)
Correct. That is my point.
Also, easily proven:
"#History means" human history. "
All human societies are complex.
All complex systems are determined by a #Chaotic #Attractor.
Q. e. d.It is so simple, I wonder I've never seen it written before.
Also, it opens up a case for #FoundationTrilogy's popular science, #Psychohistory.
This week, a new scientific study showed that...
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“… so physics helps us understand, that there is no way to forecast the future accurately and the world of Laplace’s Demon is a pipe dream that will always prove elusive.”
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From Clocks to Chaos: The Rhythms of Life
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691084961/from-clocks-to-chaos
#HackerNews #FromClocksToChaos #RhythmsOfLife #ScienceAndPhilosophy #ChaosTheory #PrincetonUniversity #BooksToRead
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From Clocks to Chaos: The Rhythms of Life
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691084961/from-clocks-to-chaos
#HackerNews #FromClocksToChaos #RhythmsOfLife #ScienceAndPhilosophy #ChaosTheory #PrincetonUniversity #BooksToRead
