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  2. Initial condition - Wikipedia

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    The number of required initial pieces of information is the dimension n of the system times the order k = 1 of the system, or n. The initial conditions do not affect the qualitative behavior (stable or unstable) of the system. A single k th order linear equation in a single variable x is

  3. Initial value problem - Wikipedia

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    Modeling a system in physics or other sciences frequently amounts to solving an initial value problem. In that context, the differential initial value is an equation which specifies how the system evolves with time given the initial conditions of the problem.

  4. Isochron - Wikipedia

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    Find which isochron the initial values (,) lie on: that isochron is characterised by some ; the initial condition that gives the correct forecast from the model for all time is then =. You may find such normal form transformations for relatively simple systems of ordinary differential equations, both deterministic and stochastic, via an ...

  5. Butterfly effect - Wikipedia

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    A plot of Lorenz' strange attractor for values ρ=28, σ = 10, β = 8/3. The butterfly effect or sensitive dependence on initial conditions is the property of a dynamical system that, starting from any of various arbitrarily close alternative initial conditions on the attractor, the iterated points will become arbitrarily spread out from each other.

  6. State-transition matrix - Wikipedia

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    The state-transition matrix is used to find the solution to a general state-space representation of a linear system in the following form ˙ = () + (), =, where () are the states of the system, () is the input signal, () and () are matrix functions, and is the initial condition at .

  7. Chaos theory - Wikipedia

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    This is an example of sensitive dependence on initial conditions. Sensitivity to initial conditions means that each point in a chaotic system is arbitrarily closely approximated by other points that have significantly different future paths or trajectories. Thus, an arbitrarily small change or perturbation of the current trajectory may lead to ...

  8. Lorenz system - Wikipedia

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    The Lorenz system is a system of ordinary differential equations first studied by mathematician and meteorologist Edward Lorenz. It is notable for having chaotic solutions for certain parameter values and initial conditions. In particular, the Lorenz attractor is a set of chaotic solutions of the Lorenz system.

  9. Phase space - Wikipedia

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    The phase-space trajectory represents the set of states compatible with starting from one particular initial condition, located in the full phase space that represents the set of states compatible with starting from any initial condition. As a whole, the phase diagram represents all that the system can be, and its shape can easily elucidate ...