History of Catastrophe Theory
- Dynamical systems theory founded by Poincare ca 1882
- Catastrophe theory created by Rene Thom ca 1966
- Thom book publ in French, 1972
- Thom book transl in English by DAvid Fowler, 1975
- Zeeman book on applications publ, 1977
Revised 03 June 2002 by Ralph Abraham,
<abraham@vismath.org>
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