Fractals form via transient chaos: adjacent starts, wildly different routes
wgilpin0 · x · 2026-09-09
The author explains fractal formation: dynamical systems produce long, sensitive transients due to transient chaos—adjacent initial conditions take very different routes to the same equilibrium (the final answer). Turbulence and biological networks are natural examples.
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