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The next European summit at Fontainebleau could be another dog-fight, spend time making speeches about European federation or — more prudently — find a middle course.
Analysis of a mechanical model characterized by deterministic randomness (chaos) allows verification of elementary principles of heat conduction. But it may have other value.