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method:thom-catastrophe-diagramThom Catastrophe Diagram
René Thom's diagrammatic method for representing smooth appearance of catastrophes; used by Alexander to show that breaking waves preserve center systems even through discontinuous transitions
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- Catastrophe TheoryimplementsRené Thom's mathematical framework describing discontinuous structural transitions; cited to show that even catastrophes preserve underlying wholeness smoothly
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