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Fabrizio Musacchio
Fabrizio Musacchio
@FabMusacchio@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 4 days ago

Is there a #mathematical framework for abrupt change? Christopher Zeeman was one of the key figures behind #CatastropheTheory, a topological approach to discontinuous behavior that later informed much of today’s work on #TippingPoints. Just came across his elegant 1976 paper, outlining his core ideas:

📄 https://www.jstor.org/stable/24950329

#DynamicalSystems #Topology #ComplexSystems

Diagram explaining catastrophe theory, showing how small changes can lead to sudden, large shifts in behavior and how systems fold and stabilize.
Diagram explaining catastrophe theory, showing how small changes can lead to sudden, large shifts in behavior and how systems fold and stabilize.
Diagram explaining catastrophe theory, showing how small changes can lead to sudden, large shifts in behavior and how systems fold and stabilize.

Catastrophe Theory on JSTOR

E. C. Zeeman, Catastrophe Theory, Scientific American, Vol. 234, No. 4 (April 1976), pp. 65-83
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