The phenomenon whereby a perfectly straight member may either assume a deflected position, deflect then twist out of plane, or may remain in an undeflected configuration
A term used according to the theory of bifurcation, by René Thom, which is "a set of methods used to study and classify the ways in which a system can undergo sudden large changes in behaviour as one or more of the variables that control it are changed continuously"
A point at which a system splits into two alternative behaviours, either being possible, the one actually followed often being indeterminate (unpredictable)
The separation of gains and losses on investment transactions involving foreign currencies For instance, the amount of profit attributable to the increase in the price of a German stock on the Frankfurt DAX Stock Exchange, as opposed to the amount of profit attributable to the change in the Deutsche Mark versus the dollar Important for provisions of IRS Code 988