Qualitative Short-Time (ST) Dynamical Systems Analysis of Changes in Smoke Patterns with Applications to other ST dynamical Systems in Nature

Abstract

The smoking of a cigarette is an obvious metaphor for the observation of qualitative short-time (ST) dynamical patterns in life as a function of heat, diffusion, and the eventual death of a system of molecules (i.e., see laws of thermodynamics [4]), which includes particles that make up common ingredients in a cigarette, including nicotine, tobacco, and the associated artificial chemicals used to deliver these materials into the blood stream. I use the basic materials associated with smoking a cigarette as a framework for exploring qualitative patterns observed in ST dynamical systems. The actual process of smoking a cigarette was used to test the following hypotheses: (1) Do the patterns of change over time of smoking a cigarette from start to finish demonstrate ST dynamical patterns that can be analyzed with simple time series (TS) analysis tools? (2) Does the qualitative ST dynamical behavior generated from smoking a cigarette follow a predictable pattern? Next, I place my qualitative observations within a quantitative framework. Lastly, I use results obtained from hypotheses (1) and (2) to propose how change over time in qualitative ST dynamical behavior of the simple act of smoking a cigarette can be applied to other experiments, especially experiments examining the qualitative and quantitative ST dynamics of patterns observed in naturally occurring systems.