The recently recognized failure of predictability in Newtonian dynamics

DOI10.1098/rspa.1986.0082zbMath0608.70005OpenAlexW2128249030MaRDI QIDQ3747778

James Lighthill

Publication date: 1986

Published in: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1986.0082

zbMATH Keywords

Newtonian dynamicstime horizonpredictability property

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

History of mathematics in the 20th century (01A60) Computational methods for problems pertaining to mechanics of particles and systems (70-08) Dynamics of a system of particles, including celestial mechanics (70F99) History of mathematics in the 15th and 16th centuries, Renaissance (01A40) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03)

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