(a) Which of the following is an example of a nonlinear dynamical system? (Choos

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(a) Which of the following is an example of a nonlinear dynamical system? (Choose the best correct option as your answer if you consider more than one option is correct.)

1. The supply chain of a brewery.
2. The global climate.
3. The human body.
4. The stock price of Enron Corporation until about mid-2001.
5. All of the examples listed here.

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(b) If any element, subsystem, or coupling within a dynamic system fails then the dynamic system will irreversibly transition to a stable static state.

1-True
2-False

Explanation / Answer

Even simple nonlinear dynamical systems often exhibit almost random, completely unpredictable behavior that has been called chaos. b.global climate c. human body b) true An important goal is to describe the fixed points, or steady states of a given dynamical system; these are values of the variable which won't change over time. Some of these fixed points are attractive, meaning that if the system starts out in a nearby state, it will converge towards the fixed point.

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