Talk:Dynamical systems theory

Proposed merge from Chaos theory
Anon contributor 74.177.69.89 has placed a mergeto tag on Chaos theory

Oppose merge. Not all dynamical systems are chaotic. These topics cover two distinct areas of study. Gandalf61 (talk) 09:50, 4 December 2008 (UTC)

Do NOT merge...it definetely does no service to merge it with another section especially when the non-scientist, such as myself, can only relate and search based on what little we remembered from our previous schooling...which definetely did NOT include dynamical systems. "Chaos Theory" is a term that most will and can relate to as it was of serious debate and dialogue for many who went to college in the 80's even though many of us were not scientists...so "Chaos Theory" as it stands does a greater service to searchers, where the reference to 'dynamical systems' attached to "chaos theory" is perfectly fine and suits those who may want to research further. Thanks! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 214.13.141.100 (talk) 12:39, 5 December 2008 (UTC)


 * No support for merge, so I have removed the mergeto tag from Chaos theory. Gandalf61 (talk) 13:38, 21 December 2008 (UTC)

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I have now tried to delete this section twice, but have had my deletions undone, so I'm simply going to write up a different example of dynamical systems theory being applied to human development because the current section is not helpful at best. HenryChrysler (talk) 03:30, 30 May 2020 (UTC)

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"In human development" section should be separated
This lengthy section is found under "Applications," but does not describe an application of dynamical systems theory. That may motivate a link in this article, but it does not make this psychological theory an "application" in the scientific sense of the word.


 * The papers cited in "Applications" don't look like woo-woo, but they are a bit short on mathematical formalisms. I suspect they just use the term "dynamic system" to make some kind of "everything is connected" holistic/gestalt argument without actually using the mathematical theories. If so, it should be disambiguated.--92.214.195.110 (talk) 20:09, 10 May 2017 (UTC)

I am planning on deleting this section. It is citing a paper in a predatory journal that doesn't use dynamical systems theory, but gives it lip service. HenryChrysler (talk) 03:00, 30 May 2020 (UTC)
 * You're probably right on this (I am not interested in hunting down those papers, and I probably don't have the mathematics knowledge to judge what is being "a bit short on formalisms"), but just please next time when you add comments on a talk page don't resurrect dead sections but instead just post at the bottom as suggested here? This makes it easier to find your comments since it's the common format used on Wikipedia. Nothing prevents you from referring to other sections, the usual syntax being ; for eg. Talk:Dynamical systems theory. Cheers, RandomCanadian (talk / contribs)  03:45, 30 May 2020 (UTC)