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chaos theory: Quick Facts

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Also Known As deterministic chaos • chaotic behaviour

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Mary Cartwright, 1947
Mary Cartwright
British mathematician
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Yakov Sinai
Russian-American mathematician
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Edward Lorenz
American meteorologist and mathematician