One of the cool things about ordinary differential equations is that if you found one in nature, and all you had was a very very short segment, you could still theoretically obtain the entire future and past behavior of the curve from it. There are lots of events in nature something like that, say planetary motion for example, where theres no particular beginning or end. Then theres the other kind, like a car on the highway for which the limits and behavior depend on local steering. For steering a car there may be no evidence in the cars behavior that it is about to hit a tree, except perhaps that the driver is asleep. Similarly there is no evidence of lightning or other opportunistic behaviors until after they happen, etc
Ive been talking about that kind of behavior, where the system and the environment have high degrees of independence and not getting much response from you guys. Maybe I just dont know what method you use to distinguish between systems that operate IN the environment and subject discovering their limits and constraints and systems that effectively express all their past and future constraints all the time? Do you recognize that as a difference between how things? If so, how do you define or make the destinction? Best, Phil Henshaw www.synapse9.com ¸¸¸¸.·´ ¯ `·.¸¸¸¸ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 212-795-4844 680 Ft.Washington Ave NY NY 10040 [EMAIL PROTECTED] "it's not finding what people say interesting, but finding the interest in what they say"
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