The examination has since evolved considerably from its initial pattern.
The initial pattern constitutes the seed of the system.
There should exist small initial patterns with chaotic, unpredictable outcomes.
Certain initial patterns appeared to animate on their own.
Class 1: Nearly all initial patterns evolve quickly into a stable, homogeneous state.
Local changes to the initial pattern tend to remain local.
Local changes to the initial pattern tend to spread indefinitely.
Both lead to an enlargement of the initial pattern, called blurring.
The researchers lengthened the tunnel to increase the time that the bees had to remember the initial pattern.
The initial pattern to get in by-she could draw that on the ground as she had before.