Progress in the application of chaos

Astronomy: Our ancestors recognized the origin of the Kirkwood gaps in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter. These gaps correspond to the chaotic orbits of asteroids. Laskar gave a picture of chaotic motion inside the planet, overturning the view that the solar system was stable. The characteristic time of Earth's chaos in the solar system is about 5 million years.

Meteorology: Edward Lorenz of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's 1963 experimental demonstration of chaotic behavior led today's meteorologists to acknowledge that atmospheric chaos makes accurate weather forecasts more than three or two weeks into the future impossible. But some hope that chaos models will eventually make it possible to predict long-term weather trends.

Physiology: The brain uses chaos as a waiting state, says Walter Freeman of Berkeley, California. Studies of human electroencephalography (EFG) have shown that when a subject is undergoing Or as information is processed, the EEG becomes orderly. Other brain researchers are looking for ways to predict epileptic seizures by analyzing chaotic EEG patterns.

International Politics: Wayne State University compiled a model for an arms race between two hostile countries. A model experiment with anti-missile defense systems in both countries showed that the situation is chaotic and unstable. It will eventually lead to war.

Transportation: The prize for the most practical application of chaos theory goes to a group of U.S. traffic engineers who linked chaos to the intricate traffic patterns during a 1988 conference in Washington. Next time you are stopped and walked Jammed on a rush hour highway, then you blame Chaos.

In art: Science usually has little to do with art, but there is something intrinsically attractive about chaos. Kevin, the chairman of Meikaos Art Company, said that he supports "art or an eccentric or unusual endeavor in science.” Kaos hosted the Chaos Chicago Arts Festival in 1995. The response from artists and architects was enthusiastic, saying that Chaos Theory brought meaning and content back to decorative arts. Chaos cleverly combines order and disorder. In 1995, "Strange Attractor: The Symbol of Chaos" held by the Museum of Contemporary Art in New York and "Strange Attractor: The Wonder of Chaos" held in Chicago caused a sensation in the United States.