Letellier Christophe, Abraham Ralph, Shepelyansky Dima L, Rössler Otto E, Holmes Philip, Lozi René, Glass Leon, Pikovsky Arkady, Olsen Lars F, Tsuda Ichiro, Grebogi Celso, Parlitz Ulrich, Gilmore Robert, Pecora Louis M, Carroll Thomas L
CORIA, Normandie Université, Campus Universitaire du Madrillet, F-76800 Saint-Etienne du Rouvray, France.
Mathematics Department, University of California, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California 95064, USA.
Chaos. 2021 May;31(5):053110. doi: 10.1063/5.0047851.
Writing a history of a scientific theory is always difficult because it requires to focus on some key contributors and to "reconstruct" some supposed influences. In the 1970s, a new way of performing science under the name "chaos" emerged, combining the mathematics from the nonlinear dynamical systems theory and numerical simulations. To provide a direct testimony of how contributors can be influenced by other scientists or works, we here collected some writings about the early times of a few contributors to chaos theory. The purpose is to exhibit the diversity in the paths and to bring some elements-which were never published-illustrating the atmosphere of this period. Some peculiarities of chaos theory are also discussed.
撰写科学理论史总是困难重重，因为这需要聚焦于一些关键贡献者，并“重构”一些假定的影响。20世纪70年代，一种名为“混沌”的新科学研究方式出现了，它将非线性动力学系统理论中的数学方法与数值模拟相结合。为了直接证明贡献者是如何受到其他科学家或著作影响的，我们在此收集了一些关于混沌理论几位早期贡献者的著作。目的是展现其发展路径的多样性，并呈现一些此前从未发表过的内容，以说明那个时期的氛围。同时，还将讨论混沌理论的一些独特之处。
