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My name is Dev and today I am going to talk about Chaos Theory.
Mathematics is everywhere. We are surrounded by maths and we also use it in our day to day lives. Most people find maths hard and boring. I agree that maths is hard but not boring. It helps us to see things in different ways. Maths is hard because it forces us to invent the solutions to the problems. The skill to invent something is very useful because it helps us to express our creativity which is good for our mental health.
I was also the person who said that maths was boring. But once I explored, I found that maths is interesting , beautiful and most full of mysteries which are waiting to be solved. I think that no subject is boring, we just need to explore some of it with curiosity and we will surely fall in love with it. Chaos Theory is one of the interesting part of maths and one of the biggest achievement of 20th century. Basically Chaos Theory is the study of chaos. Chaos is the randomness and irregularities of a dynamical system(A system whose state changes with time according to fixed rule. For example, a swinging pendulum) which are controlled by patterns and laws which are highly dependent on the initial conditions. We are surrounded by systems full of chaos. In fact our own body is full of chaos.
The origin of Chaos Theory is related to physics and philosophy. As the advancements were made Chaos Theory slowly shifted to being part of nonlinear dynamics which is part of maths. Edward Lorenz is the official discoverer of Chaos Theory. He along with other mathematicians of his time considered that a small variation at the start of the calculation would not make much difference in the solution. But this was not the case. That small change lead to a large change in the solution. This was the birth of one of the iconic principles of Chaos theory, the Butterfly effect. It said that a small change in the initial condition of a system will cause a large change in the output of the system.
Chaos Theory has various applications in almost all the subjects which predicts something. It has various applications in subjects like maths, physics, chemistry, biology, social sciences, economics etc. There are various things to learn related to Chaos Theory like fractals, non-periodicity, strange attractors, etc. These things helps us to understand Chaos theory deeply and also makes us curious about the things around us.
To conclude, chaos is very interesting topic to study and also helps us in improving our lives. One important life lesson from the theory is that a small change in our lives will lead to a big change in future.
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