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februari 16, 2004
Giftermålets matematik
Nature: Maths predicts chance of divorce:
Ignoring snide comments and stopping yourself from rolling your eyes at the stupidity of your partner are, mathematically speaking, the best way to stay solid in your relationship. That's according to clinical psychologist John Gottman from the University of Washington in Seattle, who has been watching couples bicker about sex and money for more than a decade, gathering data to help him understand the mathematics of matrimony.
New Scientist skriver även om detta i Mathematical formula 'predicts marriage breakdown'.
När jag i somras kollade in differentialekvationer stötte jag på Gottmans "marital interactions" via slashdot-diskussionen med rubriken: The First Steps Towards Asimov's Psychohistory?. Bland annat refererades till Slate-artikeln Love by the Numbers - Can a few differential equations describe the course of a marriage? (från April 16, 2003).
Kursdokumentet Divorce and Marriage gör en differentialekvationsmodellering av giftermål där Gottman nämns. (Några fler exempel på matematisk modellering av sociala fenomen finns via Differentialekvationer - lite mer praktiskt.)
Se även:
John Gottman
Gottmans Love Lab
James D. Murray, som bland annat skrivit Mathematical Biology.
Gottmans och Murrays bok The Mathematics of Marriage: Dynamic Nonlinear Models (från 2003).
The Chronicle: Every Unhappy Family Has Its Own Bilinear Influence Function (April 2003).
Jämför med en annan av Natures Alla hjärtansdag-artikel Unity is the loneliest integer - Internet gives scientists methodologies for dating.
Posted by hakank at februari 16, 2004 12:26 EM Posted to Matematik