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SUMMARY:Gestalt switches in the prize paper: inspiration for\, but not an 
 instance of\, chaos - Lena Zuchowski (Department of History and Philosophy
  of Science)
DTSTART:20131113T130000Z
DTEND:20131113T143000Z
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CONTACT:Christopher Clarke
DESCRIPTION:I analyse in detail the construction of asymptotic surfaces in
  §§16-19 of Poincare (1890)\, also known as the prize paper. There are t
 wo prime reasons for doing so. Firstly\, this part of the prize paper cont
 ains an interesting argumentative strategy\, which I call Poincare's gesta
 lt switch. Secondly\, it has been claimed that the prize paper contains on
 e of the first descriptions of chaotic motion. I will argue that the latte
 r claim is false\, although both the gestalt switches and the graphical re
 presentation\nwhich Poincare (1890) chose for the asymptotic surfaces migh
 t well have provided the inspiration for later works in chaos theory.
LOCATION:Seminar Room 2\, Department of History and Philosophy of Science
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