Recurrence (IMAGE) Vienna University of Technology Caption Recurrence can be demonstrated with balls in a box: when they start out in an ordered state, they will become more disordered. But at some point, they will return to the initial state -- it just might take a while. Credit TU Wien Usage Restrictions None License Licensed content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.