GROWTH (Differential)
Appearance
Charles François (2004). GROWTH (Differential). International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics, 2(1): 1482.
| Collection | International Encyclopedia of Systems and Cybernetics |
|---|---|
| Year | 2004 |
| Vol. (num.) | 2(1) |
| ID | ◀ 1482 ▶ |
| Object type | Methodology or model |
The various Template:Ency term of a system may grow at different Template:Ency term. As a result a very considerable Template:Ency term of Template:Ency term may appear.
D'Arcy Template:Ency person (1916) showed that at any time the Template:Ency term of an Template:Ency term, an Template:Ency term or an Template:Ency term is the necessary result of the laws of its growth, until that moment. Template:Ency person expressed this as follows: “Anything which is growing uniformly will become a sphere. That which grows more rapidly in one direction will become long and that which grows more quickly on one side than on the other will twist into some sort of spiral” (1956, p.72).