GRADIENT
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1455 ▶ |
| Object type | General information, Methodology or model |
Difference between some energetic or material Template:Ency term existing between a system and its Template:Ency term or within Template:Ency term of the same system.
Such differences normally produce Template:Ency term which may disappear progressively through a diffusion Template:Ency term.
Gradients are at the same time a condition and a manifestation of a system's Template:Ency term (or Template:Ency term) and a condition of the existence of the system within its Template:Ency term.
Their decrease implies an increase of Template:Ency term.
Every gradient is linked with a corresponding Template:Ency term, which is termed “conjugated Template:Ency term”.
Template:Ency person observes that, while gradients are quantitative, they offer also various qualitative aspects (1991, p.107). These result partly from their Template:Ency term.
An example can be the “Template:Ency term between horizontal polarity and vertical direction, which are dual in our Template:Ency term” (p.112).
Thom also explains that Template:Ency term correspond to maxima in gradients (p.161).