Talk:Deterministic system (mathematics)

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[edit] deterministic

In V.I. Arnold's book on ODE's he defines deterministic to mean all future AND PAST states are determined by the present state. The former w/o the latter is semideterministic, I believe. MotherFunctor 03:12, 13 December 2006 (UTC)