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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1564002
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scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1564002 |
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12 February 2001
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critical point
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historical overview
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catastrophe theory
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structural stability
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instability of a function
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bifurcation of a stationary state
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singular point of a mapping
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0.8138988018035889
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The author presents a historical overview of ideas and methods led to the catastrophe theory and informally introduces the following basic notions of the theory: structural stability and instability of a function, bifurcation of a stationary state, and a singular point of a mapping. The presentation is endowed with a careful study of some simple mechanic system which demonstrates usefulness of the notions introduced. The article is based on a lecture given by the author for secondary school teachers in the framework of the ``International Soros Science Educational Program'' and is aimed at presenting contemporary developments in mathematics on an elementary level understandable for secondary school teachers and pupils.
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