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B for Bifurcations

Singularities and catastrophes

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Lettera Matematica

A faint tendril of alarm moved through Jason Dill. …

A decided bifurcation of society seems in the making. …

After a pause, Vulcan 3 added: I sense a rapidly approaching crisis. … A new orientation appears to be on the verge of verbalization. …

Somewhere, lost in the fog of random and meaningless sound, were faint traces of words. …

...progressive bifurcation... … ...social elements according to new patterns…

(Philip K. Dick, Vulcan’s Hammer, 1960)

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The paper gives an elementary introduction to the concept of bifurcation in the context of dynamical systems, providing a historical background as well as examples of applications in real life.

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  1. DESP (Department of Economics, Society, Politics), University of Urbino, Via Saffi 42, 61029, Urbino, Italy

    Gian Italo Bischi

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Bischi, G.I. B for Bifurcations. Lett Mat Int 5, 81–86 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40329-017-0165-5

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