butterfly effect

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A butterfly hovering near a flower

The Lorenz attractor graph

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chaos
- In chaos theory
contribution of Lorenz
- In Edward Lorenz

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Allison Rauch
Allison Rauch is a media team intern at Encyclopaedia Britannica for fall 2023.

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Butterfly Effect the Concept and the Implications in Dermatology, Acne, and Rosacea.	Grace Young	Dec 21, 2024
	Moved media.	Tara Ramanathan	Sep 26, 2024
	New article added.	Tara Ramanathan Allison Rauch	Sep 25, 2024