...WILL LEAD TO AN EQUILIBRIUM ATTRACTOR - AND NOT NECISSARILY A - TopicsExpress



          

...WILL LEAD TO AN EQUILIBRIUM ATTRACTOR - AND NOT NECISSARILY A STATIC EQUILIBRIUM. profound. "white daisys reflect light, making the planet cooler. black daisys absorb light, lowering the albedo, or reflectivity, and thus making the planet warmer. but white daisys "want" warm weather, meaning that they thrive preferentially as temperatures rise. black daisys want cool weather. these qualities can be expressed in a different set of equations and the daisy world can be set in motion on a computer. a wide range of initial conditions will lead to an equilibrium attractor - and not necessarily a static equilibrium" -- Chaos - Making New Science, pg 279, James Gleick
Posted on: Fri, 21 Jun 2013 15:54:13 +0000

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