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At its most basic level physics starts with space-time topology and geometry. On the other hand topology’s and geometry’s simplest and most basic elements are random Cantor sets. It follows then that nonlinear dynamics i.e. deterministic chaos and fractal geometry is the best mathematical theory to apply to the problems of high energy particle physics and cosmology. In the present work we give a short survey of some recent achievements of applying nonlinear dynamics to notoriously difficult subjects such as quantum entanglement as well as the origin and true nature of dark energy, negative absolute temperature and the fractal meaning of the constancy of the speed of light.
A good initial guess and an appropriate homotopy equation are two main factors in applications of the homotopy perturbation method. For a nonlinear oscillator, a cosine function is used in an initial guess. This article recommends a general approach to construction of the initial guess and the homotopy equation. Duffing oscillator is adopted as an example to elucidate the effectiveness of the method.