The catch is that the evolution of a chaotic system depends very sensitively on its starting conditions, which leads in the long term to behaviour that is ultimately unpredictable.

• 只要掌握这一点,即混沌系统的演变随着它的初始条件的改变而非常敏感地变化着,而这些初始条件经过长期运算后最终导致其结果是不可预知的。