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Chaos Hypertextbook

152 points by MonkeyClub 4y ago

college_physics 4y ago
Are Julia sets the inspiration for the name of julia the language?
- smeagull 4y ago
  Nope. The language was named arbitrarily, the sets are named after a French Mathematician.
- cdsousa 4y ago
  We are free to come up with myths about the name origin. My favorite one is that it comes from Julia character of George Orwell's 1984 novel :D
specproc 4y ago
This is very well-written. I often struggle with formal explanations of complex and abstract ideas, but the author is getting this across very well. Good stuff.
aliqot 4y ago
Just wanted to take a moment to appreciate the author of this site. Loads quick, gives me just what I need, no fancy stuff, looks great. Thank you!
- deleted 4y ago
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- labrador 4y ago
  Came here to say the same. This site is a thing of "elegance and simplicity" as they say in car commercials.
muntas1 4y ago
Slightly OT, but I remember doing the Santa FE Institute's online courses on Complexity and finding them to be very solid on the topic https://www.complexityexplorer.org/courses https://www.complexityexplorer.org/courses
- kgarten 4y ago
  true, true ... I especially love Liz Breadly's course https://www.complexityexplorer.org/courses/167-nonlinear-dynamics-mathematical-and-computational-approaches https://www.complexityexplorer.org/courses/167-nonlinear-dyn... she seems an amazing educator, check out her 12 min intro: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MizhVorgywY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MizhVorgywY don't know how long she worked on that script (conveying the idea first, details later). it's the first time I really understood the basics of linear dynamics. super impressive. btw all of their videos are hosted on YouTube.
- bmitc 4y ago
  I keep on wanting to take this course, so thanks for the vote of confidence on the course itself.
mhh__ 4y ago
https://chaosbook.org/ https://chaosbook.org/ see also this, a more idiosyncratic but deeper look into chaos from a physicist's perspective.
- fithisux 4y ago
  Fantastic resource.

Chaos Hypertextbook

152 points by MonkeyClub 4y ago

college_physics 4y ago

Are Julia sets the inspiration for the name of julia the language?

smeagull 4y ago
Nope. The language was named arbitrarily, the sets are named after a French Mathematician.
cdsousa 4y ago
We are free to come up with myths about the name origin. My favorite one is that it comes from Julia character of George Orwell's 1984 novel :D

specproc 4y ago

This is very well-written. I often struggle with formal explanations of complex and abstract ideas, but the author is getting this across very well. Good stuff.

aliqot 4y ago

Just wanted to take a moment to appreciate the author of this site. Loads quick, gives me just what I need, no fancy stuff, looks great. Thank you!

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labrador 4y ago
Came here to say the same. This site is a thing of "elegance and simplicity" as they say in car commercials.

muntas1 4y ago

Slightly OT, but I remember doing the Santa FE Institute's online courses on Complexity and finding them to be very solid on the topic https://www.complexityexplorer.org/courses https://www.complexityexplorer.org/courses

kgarten 4y ago
true, true ... I especially love Liz Breadly's course https://www.complexityexplorer.org/courses/167-nonlinear-dynamics-mathematical-and-computational-approaches https://www.complexityexplorer.org/courses/167-nonlinear-dyn... she seems an amazing educator, check out her 12 min intro: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MizhVorgywY https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=MizhVorgywY don't know how long she worked on that script (conveying the idea first, details later). it's the first time I really understood the basics of linear dynamics. super impressive. btw all of their videos are hosted on YouTube.
bmitc 4y ago
I keep on wanting to take this course, so thanks for the vote of confidence on the course itself.

mhh__ 4y ago

https://chaosbook.org/ https://chaosbook.org/ see also this, a more idiosyncratic but deeper look into chaos from a physicist's perspective.

fithisux 4y ago
Fantastic resource.