IS SENSITIVE DEPENDENCE ON INITIAL CONDITIONS NATURE'S SENSORY DEVICE?

被引:23
作者
Brown, Ray [1 ]
Chua, Leon [1 ]
Popp, Becky [2 ]
机构
[1] Univ Calif Berkeley, Dept Elect Engn & Comp Sci, Berkeley, CA 94720 USA
[2] USN, Res Lab, Washington, DC 20375 USA
来源
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIFURCATION AND CHAOS | 1992年 / 2卷 / 01期
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D O I
10.1142/S0218127492000185
中图分类号
O1 [数学];
学科分类号
0701 ; 070101 ;
摘要
In this letter we illustrate three methods of using nonlinear devices as sensors. We show that the sensory features of these devices is a result of sensitive dependence on parameters which we show is equivalent to sensitive dependence on initial conditions. As a result, we conjecture that sensitive dependence on initial conditions is nature's sensory device in cases where remarkable feats of sensory perception are seen.
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页码:193 / 199
页数:7
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