Bifurcation

= key concept in chaos theory

Description

Peter Pogany:

"Chaos (theory) informs us that systems holding together and facilitating processes that grow in size and complexity, will have to undergo periods of chaotic self-organization called bifurcations." (p. 297) .. Bifurcation begins when a single system parameter leaves its acceptable range and branches into two or more alternative solutions." (p. 297)... "Bifurcation generates a diversity of possible solutions for another relative steady state." (p. 298) "The web has to go through bifurcation to proceed from one relative state to the next." (p. 298)

(Source: Rethinking the World, by Peter Pogany)