strange attractor

English

A plot of Lorenz's strange attractor for values ρ=28, σ = 10, β = 8/3

Etymology

The term was coined by David Ruelle and Floris Takens.

Noun

strange attractor (plural strange attractors)

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

Translations

kind of attractor

• Czech: podivný atraktor n
• French: attracteur étrange m
• Italian: attrattore strano m
• Spanish: atractor extraño