English Explanatory Dictionary

strange attractor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An attractor that has a non-integer dimension or whose dynamics on it are chaotic.

Word forms

strange attractor strange attractors

Etymology

The term was coined by David Ruelle and Floris Takens.

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