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Definition of Strange attractor
1. Noun. An attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic.
Definition of Strange attractor
1. Noun. (mathematics) An attractor that has non-integer dimension or whose dynamics on it are chaotic. ¹
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Strange Attractor
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 ..."