Feigenbaum discovered a ratio between bifurcations that were found in all known chaotic-dynamic systems, from dripping water faucets to abstract equations on population fluctuations (as elucidated in James Gleick's book "Chaos"). How should one understand its universality?
Where does Feigenbaum's Constant (4.6692...) originate?
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4Dripping water faucets can't be described by mathematical equations? – 2012-09-07
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0@QiaochuYuan: Sorry was being sloppy, reworded. But, technically, dripping water probably can't -- at least at the place where it turns chaotic. – 2012-09-08