Propagation of SARS-CoV-2 in Cuba. A qualitative viewpoint from the complex systems theory
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epidemics, models, statistics, chaos, complexity, dynamics, extensivity, relaxation, contagion, systems, mathematics, propagationAbstract
We describe some properties of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic that reveal its behavior as a complex system. The propagation mechanism shows a Poincaré section with fractal dimension 1 < D < 2. The present period of apparent recovery shows a relaxation with non-extensive statistical properties.
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