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chaotic attractor

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Noun1.chaotic attractor - an attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic
strange attractor
attracter, attractor - (physics) a point in the ideal multidimensional phase space that is used to describe a system toward which the system tends to evolve regardless of the starting conditions of the system


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These self-similar forms are often pulled together by 'strange' or chaotic attractors.
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This unpredictable behavior furnishes evidence that the lines themselves are chaotic attractors.
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It's sufficient to observe the system long enough to map its chaotic attractor and to determine by experiment a few crucial quantities necessary for establishing control.
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