A mathematical model of 'Pride and Prejudice'.
Nonlinear Dynamics Psychol Life Sci
; 18(2): 199-211, 2014 Apr.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-24560011
ABSTRACT
A mathematical model is proposed for interpreting the love story between Elizabeth and Darcy portrayed by Jane Austen in the popular novel Pride and Prejudice. The analysis shows that the story is characterized by a sudden explosion of sentimental involvements, revealed by the existence of a saddle-node bifurcation in the model. The paper is interesting not only because it deals for the first time with catastrophic bifurcations in romantic relation-ships, but also because it enriches the list of examples in which love stories are described through ordinary differential equations.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Courtship
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Interpersonal Relations
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Medicine in Literature
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Models, Theoretical
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
/
Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Nonlinear Dynamics Psychol Life Sci
Journal subject:
BIOLOGIA
/
PSICOLOGIA
Year:
2014
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Austria