Nonlinear system
Ordinary differential equations
In mathematics & science, a nonlinear system is a system in which the modify of the output is non proportional to the conform of the input. Nonlinear problems are of interest to engineers, biologists, physicists, mathematicians, as well as many other scientists because most systems are inherently nonlinear in nature. Nonlinear dynamical systems, describing alter in variables over time, maychaotic, unpredictable, or counterintuitive, contrasting with much simpler linear systems.
Typically, the behavior of a nonlinear system is refers in mathematics by a nonlinear system of equations, which is a quality of simultaneous equations in which the unknowns or the unknown functions in the effect of differential equationsas variables of a polynomial of degree higher than one or in the parametric quantity of a function which is not a polynomial of measure one. In other words, in a nonlinear system of equations, the equations to be solved cannot be a object that is caused or produced by something else as a linear combination of the unknown variables or functions thatin them. Systems can be defined as nonlinear, regardless of whether so-called linear functionsin the equations. In particular, a differential equation is linear if it is for linear in terms of the unknown function and its derivatives, even if nonlinear in terms of the other variables appearing in it.
As nonlinear dynamical equations are unmanageable to solve, nonlinear systems are ordinarily approximated by linear equations linearization. This works well up to some accuracy and some range for the input values, but some interesting phenomena such as solitons, chaos, and singularities are hidden by linearization. It follows that some aspects of the dynamic behavior of a nonlinear system can appear to be counterintuitive, unpredictable or even chaotic. Although such(a) chaotic behavior may resemble random behavior, it is for in fact not random. For example, some aspects of the weather are seen to be chaotic, where simple refine in one part of the system develope complex effects throughout. This nonlinearity is one of the reasons why accurate long-term forecasts are impossible with current technology.
Some authors usage the term nonlinear science for the explore of nonlinear systems. This term is disputed by others:
Using a term like nonlinear science is like referring to the bulk of zoology as the discussing of non-elephant animals.