Chaotic Attractor (Noun)
Meaning
An attractor for which the approach to its final point in phase space is chaotic.
Classification
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.
Examples
- The mathematician studied the properties of the chaotic attractor, fascinated by its unpredictable behavior in phase space.
- In the presence of strong perturbations, the system's trajectory became increasingly erratic, ultimately settling into a chaotic attractor.
- The plot of the attractor's basin revealed a complex landscape, with different initial conditions converging onto distinct chaotic attractors.
- The research team struggled to predict the long-term dynamics of the system, due to the inherent sensitivity to initial conditions of the chaotic attractor.
- Using numerical simulations, the scientists demonstrated the emergence of a chaotic attractor in a model of a nonlinear electrical circuit.