Gestalt switches in Poincaré's prize paper: an inspiration for, but not an instance of, chaos

DOI10.1016/j.shpsb.2014.02.003zbMath1294.01023OpenAlexW2041660372MaRDI QIDQ407324

Lena C. Zuchowski

Publication date: 29 August 2014

Published in: Studies in History and Philosophy of Science. Part B. Studies in History and Philosophy of Modern Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsb.2014.02.003

zbMATH Keywords

chaos theoryPoincaréhistory of chaos

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transition to stochasticity (chaotic behavior) for nonlinear problems in mechanics (70K55) Strange attractors, chaotic dynamics of systems with hyperbolic behavior (37D45) History of mathematics in the 19th century (01A55) History of mechanics of particles and systems (70-03) History of dynamical systems and ergodic theory (37-03) Asymptotic behavior of solutions to equations on manifolds (58K55)

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