The butterfly effect is also a book.
by Butterfly's real power November 14, 2016
by Be honest bro December 10, 2022
In chaos theory, the butterfly effect is the sensitive dependence on initial conditions in which a small change in one state of a deterministic nonlinear system can result in large differences in a later state.1
The term, closely associated with the work of Edward Lorenz, is derived from the metaphorical example of the details of a tornado (the exact time of formation, the exact path taken) being influenced by minor perturbations such as the flapping of the wings of a distant butterfly several weeks earlier. Lorenz discovered the effect when he observed that runs of his weather model with initial condition data that was rounded in a seemingly inconsequential manner would fail to reproduce the results of runs with the unrounded initial condition data. A very small change in initial conditions had created a significantly different outcome.
The term, closely associated with the work of Edward Lorenz, is derived from the metaphorical example of the details of a tornado (the exact time of formation, the exact path taken) being influenced by minor perturbations such as the flapping of the wings of a distant butterfly several weeks earlier. Lorenz discovered the effect when he observed that runs of his weather model with initial condition data that was rounded in a seemingly inconsequential manner would fail to reproduce the results of runs with the unrounded initial condition data. A very small change in initial conditions had created a significantly different outcome.
Butterfly effect 🦋
by ... Zjdbckdnznsjd September 23, 2019
1. A theroy stating that if one was to step on a butterfly some 65 million years ago, it would change the entire course of history in the present.
2. As a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world, a disaster is happening in another part of the world.
2. As a butterfly flaps its wings in one part of the world, a disaster is happening in another part of the world.
by Spork, Destroyer of Worlds January 3, 2004
by canadaaaaa February 18, 2019
Kane: I had Sydney over last night
Isaac: oh yeah what happened
Kane: not much just a cheeky bit of butterfly effect
Isaac: oh yeah what happened
Kane: not much just a cheeky bit of butterfly effect
by Taxidriver1976 November 3, 2016
by tel February 16, 2005