Strange Attractor Definition

noun

In the mathematics of chaos, a set of values that tends to reoccur periodically, as the data describing the particular climate of a certain region.

Webster's New World
An attractor exhibited by some dynamic systems for which the approach to the attractor is chaotic.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
  • chaotic attractor

Other Word Forms of Strange Attractor

Noun

Singular:
strange attractor
Plural:
strange-attractors

Origin of Strange Attractor

  • The term was coined by David Ruelle and Floris Takens.

    From Wiktionary

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