Chaotic curves

  • Michel Mendès France
Conference paper
Part of the Lecture Notes in Biomathematics book series (LNBM, volume 49)

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to propose two methods for measuring the quantity of chaos of a plane curve. We would like to be able to analyze the difference between the two curves (a) and (b) shown in Figure 1.

Keywords

Plane Curve World Line Dimensional Curve Nobel Prize Lecture Finite Curve 
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© Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1983

Authors and Affiliations

  • Michel Mendès France
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  1. 1.Laboratoire associé au C. N. R. S. n° 226 U. E. R. de Mathématiques et d’InformatiqueUniversité de B ordeaux ITalence CedexFrance

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