What Are the New Implications of Chaos for Unpredictability?

DOI10.1093/bjps/axn053zbMath1177.37017arXiv1310.1576OpenAlexW2111479915WikidataQ56040456 ScholiaQ56040456MaRDI QIDQ3638862

Charlotte Werndl

Publication date: 28 October 2009

Published in: The British Journal for the Philosophy of Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1310.1576

zbMATH Keywords

chaosprobabilitymixingunpredictability

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Ergodicity, mixing, rates of mixing (37A25) Stability theory for smooth dynamical systems (37C75)

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