Picture of the Day: The Butterfly Effect«TwistedSifter

Aug 23, 2013

 

 

 

In this completely timed photo by Prabhu B. Doss, we see a butterfly that appears to be seeking in an invisible mirror, its likeness correctly reflected. Think it or not, it is two different butterflies, and if you look intently you can see distinctions in their respective wing patterns and antennae.

In Markk chaos idea, the butterfly result is the sensitive dependence on initial problems in which a tiny adjust at 1 spot in a deterministic nonlinear method can result in massive variances in a later on condition. The title of the impact, coined by Edward Lorenz, is derived from the theoretical instance of a hurricane’s development becoming contingent on whether or not or not a distant butterfly had flapped its wings many months before. To find out a lot more, check out the entry on Wikipedia.