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the Edge of Chaos

Posted by Russell Standish on Jun 15, 2005; 8:09am
URL: http://friam.383.s1.nabble.com/the-Edge-of-Stability-tp520347p520358.html

On Wed, Jun 15, 2005 at 12:30:14PM +0200, Jochen Fromm wrote:
>
> Interesting. Can you define "Edge of Chaos" in terms of chaos theory? I
> think I have seen a definition of edge of chaos somewhere as the point right
> before the onset of complete chaos in bifurcation diagrams.
>
> -J.
>

Could be. In Langton's work (and also follow on work by Wuensche)
there is a parameter that moves the CA from point attractors, through
limit cycles to full blown chaos. In period doubling of say the
logistic map, the same happens as the parameter \lambda is varied. I
haven't heard anyone using the term to describe period doubling
before, though.

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