Singularity (systems theory)
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singularity-systems-theory-228-4283943
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Singularity (systems theory)
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In the study of unstable systems, James Clerk Maxwell in 1873 was the first to use the term singularity in its most general sense: that in which it refers to contexts in which arbitrarily small changes, commonly unpredictably, may lead to arbitrarily large effects. In this sense, Maxwell did not differentiate between dynamical systems and social systems. He used the concept of singularities primarily as an argument against determinism or absolute causality. He did not in his day deny that the sa
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2016-12-09T21:22:13Z
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2024-09-15T13:00:00Z
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