چكيده لاتين :
Upon hearing the word chaos, oneʹs mind usually
conjectures a place of total disorder and confusion. This
is the usual meaning of the word in normal usage.
However, there has been a literal explosion of scientific
interest in chaos and how to control it or at least
understand it. If the term chaos really implied total
disorder or randomness, there would probably be no
point in studying the phenomenon.
However, in technical literature, the term chaos means
something that appears to be random and disordered
but is actually deterministic in nature, meaning that it is
precisely controlled by natural laws. The apparent disorder arises from an extreme sensitivity to initial
conditions, much like the path of the ball in a pinball
machine seeming to defy human control.
This paper discusses the scientific meaning of the word
chaos and how understanding chaos may be of great
benefit to mankind
