"Chaos" is usually translated as "chaos" or "disorder"。This word is often used to mean "I can't find the answer" or "it's random."、here、It is used with a slightly mathematical meaning.。
Everyone can predict the future。Calculate how long it would take to go to a certain place by car at 30km/h、I call a friend to give me the estimated arrival time, including traffic jams.。In mathematics, things that can be predicted simply by calculation are called "linear."。1If you sow 100 kg of seeds on a hectare of land, you will get a harvest of 500 kg.。Then, if you sow 200 kg of seeds over 2 hectares next year, you can expect a harvest of 1000 kg.。This is also a kind of future prediction.。However, the price of seeds is unstable.、Not sure how many seeds you can buy、The relationship between planted area and yield cannot be easily predicted in conditions where the climate is unstable and heavy rain can uproot the crop.。In this way, various conditions are intricately intertwined.、(Predicting the future is not simple) This kind of thing is called "nonlinear" in mathematics.。This means that many things in daily life are nonlinear.。
Well then、Does chaos mean nonlinear?、That's what I'm thinking, but it seems a little different.。For example, let's say there is a weather forecast that says "light rain tomorrow afternoon."。Then I'll do the laundry tomorrow.、I'm thinking of going out the next day in the morning.。The weather map also confirms this.。The next day will be a laundry day as predicted.。But the day after next、The rain that was supposed to start in the afternoon started in the morning.、And even though it was raining heavily, I went out with an umbrella.、The rain stopped in the afternoon。Everyone has had such an experience.。Calculated from the weather map、I can predict it、The result is not what I expected。“The results may not (necessarily) turn out as expected.”。That's chaos (in a mathematical sense)。
Although the situation is similar、A small difference can make a big difference in the results。This is "chaos theory"、This is a mathematical theory published in 1961 by a meteorologist named Lorenz.。I think this theory is a good representation of the reality around us.。In the beginning, my drawings got better each time I drew.、It was fun and I was able to take on more and more challenges.、For some reason it's not fun these days。I have the technical ability to draw anything, but the results are inconsistent.。around the same time、I'm jealous of my friends who started in the same way and are drawing with Runrun...Isn't this chaotic?。If we change the conditions a little、I might be able to make a particularly wonderful picture tomorrow.。This is also chaotic。But、Just because you keep doing it hard doesn't mean you can produce great works one after another.。Everyday life is "nonlinear"。