From Euclid into Chaos
Chaos Theory and Fractal Geometry Chronograph
- 1889, Poincare (discovers chaotic dynamics)
- 1945, von Neumann and Ulam (study chaos in 1D maps)
- 1975, Mandelbrot (establishes fractal geometry)
- 1961, Ueda (discovers chaotic attractor)
- 1963, Lorenz (discovers chaotic attractor)
Revised 05 February 1996 by Ralph Abraham
<abraham@vmi.vismath.org>