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a mathematical account of how smooth changes in conditions can produce sudden jumps and hysteresis in a system's state.

In complexity science, catastrophe theory refers to a mathematical account of how smooth changes in conditions can produce sudden jumps and hysteresis in a system's state. This meaning comes from Zeeman (1976) in Scientific American.[1]

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  1. Zeeman, E. C. (1976). Catastrophe Theory. Scientific American, 234(4), 65-83. https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican0476-65

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