chaos

Kinetic theory bridges the gap between the big and the small to understand systems made up of many components: from plasmas to people.

This year's Abel Prize goes to the "true virtuoso" Dennis Sullivan.

Get a fish to teach you chaos theory!

Want to understand chaos? Then have a look at Smale's famous horseshoe map.

Want to understand chaos? Then have a look at this famous brainchild of the mathematician Stephen Smale.

How a maths competition spawned the foundations of chaos theory.

How simples rules can result in very complex outcomes.

If you thought that billiards was a harmless game to play in the pub, think again. It's a breeding ground for chaos!

Artur Avila tells us about taming chaos.

Was T-rex unleashed by mathematical chaos?

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  • PhD student Daniel Kreuter tells us about his work on the BloodCounts! project, which uses maths to make optimal use of the billions of blood tests performed every year around the globe.