re: [lace-chat] Mathematical Crochet

2004-12-20 Thread Bev Walker
ahh, the Lorenz manifold - it looks like an escapee from a lava lamp. Their paper is quite interesting and though their math is impeccable no doubt, I do wish they had checked the spelling of 'crochet' (it is not chrochet - at least not in English) and had taken some advice on the use of the verb '

[lace-chat] Mathematical Crochet

2004-12-20 Thread Louise Bailey
I don't see anyone else mentioning this - so thought I would. There is a picture on the bbc news link below. Mathematicians have made a crochet model of chaos - and are challenging anyone else to repeat the effort. Dr Hinke Osinga and Professor Bernd Krauskopf, of Bristol University's engineer