Biography of Rene Thom (1923-0BC) ...

Rene Thom (1923- ) and Catastrophe Theory Originated by the French mathematician Rene Thom in the 1960s, catastrophe theory is a special branch of dynamical systems theory. It studies and classifies phenomena characterized by sudden shifts in behavior arising from small changes in circumstances. Catastrophes are bifurcations between different equilibria, or fixed point attractors. Due to their ...