The recently recognized failure of predictability in Newtonian dynamics

DOI10.1098/RSPA.1986.0082MaRDI QIDQ3747778zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors James Lighthill

Publication date 1986

Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series 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 dynamicspredictability propertytime horizon

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

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

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