Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences, Vol. 8, Iss. 3, July, 2004, pp. 303-314 @2004 Society for Chaos Theory in Psychology & Life Sciences Dynamical Models of Love Abstract: Following a suggestion of Strogatz, this paper examines a sequence
of dynamical models involving coupled ordinary differential equations describing
the time-variation of the love or hate displayed by individuals in a romantic
relationship. The models start with a linear system of two individuals and advance
to love triangles and finally to include the effect of nonlinearities, which are
shown to produce chaos. Keywords: love, romance, differential equations, chaos |