"catastrophe theory" meaning in English

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        "The branch of mathematics dealing with dynamical systems which can undergo abrupt irreversible qualitative changes due to a tiny change in parameters."
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        "(mathematics) The branch of mathematics dealing with dynamical systems which can undergo abrupt irreversible qualitative changes due to a tiny change in parameters."
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          "code": "cmn",
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          "sense": "branch of mathematics",
          "word": "突變理論"
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          "sense": "branch of mathematics",
          "word": "katasztrófaelmélet"
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          "sense": "branch of mathematics",
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          "word": "teoiric na catastróife"
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          "word": "teoria catastrofei"
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      "word": "突變理論"
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