1. What, according to the author, are created out of things that have come to an end?
(a) Fractal basin boundaries.
(b) Cosmic arrhythmias.
(c) Revolutions.
(d) Cantor dust.

2. Where did Mitchell Feigenbaum attend for graduate study in electrical engineering but changed his area to physics?
(a) Princeton University.
(b) The University of Illinois.
(c) The Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
(d) Harvard University.

3. Where was Hendrik Houthakker born?
(a) London.
(b) Amsterdam.
(c) Moscow.
(d) Prague.

4. When was James Yorke born?
(a) 1941.
(b) 1932.
(c) 1937.
(d) 1949.

5. Where is the European Center for Medium Range Forecasts headquartered?
(a) Paris, France.
(b) Berlin, Germany.
(c) Dublin, Ireland.
(d) Reading, England.

Short Answer Questions

1. One of the implications of what theorem is that if a continuous discrete dynamical system on the real line has a periodic point of period 3, then it must have periodic points of every other period?

2. If a system is in what state, then the recently observed behavior of the system will continue into the future?

3. In control theory, a system is _____ if any of the roots of its characteristic equation has real part greater than zero.

4. Where is the Scripps Research Institute headquartered?

5. What is a description of a system using mathematical concepts and language?

(see the answer key)

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