The chaos revolution: a personal view (Q2712266)

The author reviews the development of ``chaos theory'' starting from the works of H. Poincaré in 1898. The central part occupies the work done at Berkeley during 1960--1968.NEWLINENEWLINEThe following sections are included: NEWLINENEWLINEIntroduction. NEWLINENEWLINE-- The Discovery of the Homoclinic Tangle by Poincaré, 1889. NEWLINENEWLINE-- From Paris to Mexico City: The First 70 Years of Chaos Theory. NEWLINENEWLINE-- The Golden Years of Global Analysis: Berkeley, 1960--1968. NEWLINENEWLINE-- The Chaos Revolution: 1968--1998. NEWLINENEWLINEConclusion. Bibliography.NEWLINENEWLINEFor the entire collection see [Zbl 0958.00013].