Catastrophe theory as applied to the social and biological sciences: A critique

DOI10.1007/BF00869575zbMath0389.92002MaRDI QIDQ1251195

Héctor J. Sussmann, Raphael S. Zahler

Publication date: 1978

Published in: Synthese (Search for Journal in Brave)

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Catastrophe theory (58K35) General biology and biomathematics (92B05) Introductory exposition (textbooks, tutorial papers, etc.) pertaining to biology (92-01) Mathematical sociology (including anthropology) (91D99)

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