Definition of Strange attractor

1. Noun. An attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic.

Exact synonyms: Chaotic Attractor
Generic synonyms: Attracter, Attractor

Definition of Strange attractor

1. Noun. (mathematics) An attractor that has non-integer dimension or whose dynamics on it are chaotic. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strange Attractor

stranded
strandedness
strandednesses
strander
stranders
stranding
strandings
strandline
strandlines
strandloper
strands
strandwolf
strang
strange
strange attractor (current term)
strange attractors
strange bedfellows
strange bird
strange matter
strange particle
strange quark
strange quarks
stranged
strangelet
strangelets
strangely
strangely enough
strangeness
strangenesses

Literary usage of Strange attractor

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Berkeley-Ames Conference on Nonlinear Problems in Control by Louis R. Hunt, Clyde Martin (1984)
"A strange attractor can be loosely defined as a subset of solutions all of which are ... This gives rise to the fractal property of the strange attractor, ..."

2. Turn of the Century: 2100 by Charlie Pedersen (2007)
"strange attractor (See also Very strange attractors) An attractor for which the approach to the final set of physical properties is chaotic. ..."

3. The Impact of Chaos on Science and Society by Celso Grebogi, James A. Yorke (1997)
"Is the EEG a strange attractor? Brain stem neuronal discharge patterns and electroencephalographic rhythms Arnold J. Mandell and Karen A. Selz I. ..."

4. Mental Culture in Burmese Crisis Politics: Aung San Suu Kyi and the National by Gustaaf Houtman (1999)
"A more modern pattern that might be used to illustrate dependent co-arising is the 'strange attractor': an intricate, interwoven pattern that chaos theory ..."

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