bifurcation - 1: a division into two or more branches [syn: furcation, forking] 2: splitting into two branches
3. a bifurcation is the appearance of an
additional pattern of behavior or sequence of states for a system. Generally we have successive bifurcations where we increase the value of some characteristic parameter. One can think of a per-son traveling down a road. The farther the traveler goes, the more side streets or alternative routes appear. In a sense the bifurcation introduces history. To know the state of a system at any time implies a knowledge of the paths taken or not taken. (Umpleby after Prigogine, 1980, pp. 105-6; дс тдрлими цюлютдажкию дроемжки аиакиохдйис лидр
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