Brown, Ray; Chua, Leon; Popp, Becky Is sensitive dependence on initial conditions nature’s sensory device? (English) Zbl 0876.58034 Int. J. Bifurcation Chaos Appl. Sci. Eng. 2, No. 1, 193-199 (1992). Summary: We illustrate three methods of using nonlinear devices as sensors. We show that the sensory features of these devices are a result of sensitive dependence on parameters which we show is equivalent to sensitive dependence on initial conditions. As a result, we conjecture that sensitive dependence on initial conditions is nature’s sensory device in cases where remarkable feats of sensory perception are seen. Cited in 4 Documents MSC: 37G99 Local and nonlocal bifurcation theory for dynamical systems 93C95 Application models in control theory 93C15 Control/observation systems governed by ordinary differential equations Keywords:sensitive dependence; initial conditions; sensory device PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{R. Brown} et al., Int. J. Bifurcation Chaos Appl. Sci. Eng. 2, No. 1, 193--199 (1992; Zbl 0876.58034) Full Text: DOI