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Chaos in Physics
'''Chaos''' is an [[English]] word describing disorder and confusion. It originates from [[Greek]] [[mythology]], where Chaos was the empty [[void]] that existed before the world was created (similar to the earth being 'without form and void' in the book of [[Genesis]]).
'''Chaos''' is an [[English]] word describing disorder and confusion. It originates from [[Greek]] [[mythology]], where Chaos was the empty [[void]] that existed before the world was created (similar to the earth being 'without form and void' in the book of [[Genesis]]).
In the study of differential equations, with applications to Physics, '''chaos''' is the property that similar initial conditions will, after some time, lead to totally different final conditions<ref>[http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam033/2001052863.pdf Chaos in Dynamical Systems, by Edward Ott]</ref>. Chaos is one of the main reasons why the classical three body problem in Celestial Mechanics is not solvable<ref>[http://www.upscale.utoronto.ca/PVB/Harrison/Chaos/Chaos.html An Introduction to Chaos]</ref>.
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