Catastrophe Theory

Things that change suddenly, by fits and starts, have long resisted mathematical analysis. A method derived from topology describes these phenomena as examples of seven "elementary catastrophes"

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Scientific American Magazine Vol 234 Issue 4This article was originally published with the title “Catastrophe Theory” in Scientific American Magazine Vol. 234 No. 4 (), p. 65
doi:10.1038/scientificamerican0476-65