The recently recognized failure of predictability in Newtonian dynamics
- 8 September 1986
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Vol. 407 (1832) , 35-50
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1986.0082
Abstract
Modern theories of dynamical systems have very clearly demonstrated the unexpected fact that systems governed by the equations of Newtonian dynamics do not necessarily exhibit the 'predictability' property. Indeed, very recent researches have shown that in wide classes of very simple systems satisfying those equations predictability is impossible beyond a certain definite time horizon.Keywords
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