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Sensitive dependence on initial conditions

jhoneyc1

$Definition$

Sensitive dependence on initial conditions is defined as "a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state."

In layman's terms, this means that even the smallest of changes in something has a large effect on the outcome over a long period of time.

mark

Great!!

Let's make this a response to Keith's post, though.