Dynamical Systems

Roles: attractor, trajectory, phase-space, initial-conditions, perturbation, bifurcation, chaos, stability

The mathematical study of systems whose state evolves over time according to deterministic rules. Encompasses chaos theory, attractors, bifurcations, and sensitive dependence on initial conditions. As a source domain, it provides the structural insight that deterministic systems can produce unpredictable behavior, and that tiny differences in starting conditions can lead to radically divergent outcomes — a finding that has reshaped how we think about prediction, control, and long-range planning.

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