Hi Everyone,
We'll meet this week at the usual time of 1 PM Eastern for our LQS weekly
meeting, Thursday, Sept. 17. Dial-in is 510-665-5437, passcode 7336.
We'll take round-table reports, then discuss a paper that Peter suggested:
"Early-warning signals for critical transitions". Nature 461, 08227 (2009)
The abstract states:
"Complex dynamical systems, ranging from ecosystems to financial markets
and the climate, can have tipping points at which a sudden shift to a
contrasting dynamical regime may occur. Although predicting such critical
points before they are reached is extremely difficult, work in different
scientific fields is now suggesting the existence of generic early-warning
signals that may indicate for a wide class of systems if a critical
threshold is approaching."
The meeting website is
http://dmtpc.mit.edu/MaKaC/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=210.
Looking forward to talking with you tomorrow.
Thanks much,
--Ray
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