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catastrophe theory
noun[ U ]
mathematics specializeduk /kəˈtæs.trə.fi ˌθɪə.ri/ us /kəˈtæs.trə.fi ˌθɪr.i/
the scientific study of situations where a process suddenly changes or stops:
Catastrophe theory predicts that the world will become impossible for humans to live in.
He returned to university to do research into mathematical systems with a special interest in catastrophe theory.
Catastrophe theory was founded by René Thom in the late 1950s and early 1960s.
At one time, catastrophe theory was supposed to be able to explain everything.
It is difficult to explain the mathematical details of catastrophe theory to a non-mathematical audience.
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