Lorenz attractor

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The Lorenz attractor is a famous chaotic set arising from a simplified model of atmospheric convection, known for its butterfly-shaped trajectory and role as an early example of deterministic chaos in dynamical systems.

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instanceOf chaotic attractor
dynamical system object
mathematical object
strange attractor
arisesFrom Lorenz system of differential equations NERFINISHED
simplified model of atmospheric convection
associatedWith paper "Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow" NERFINISHED
category attractors in phase space
chaotic dynamical systems
nonlinear dynamical systems
coordinateVariables x
y
z
definedIn three-dimensional phase space
describes asymptotic behavior of the Lorenz system
equationSystem dx/dt = σ (y − x)
dy/dt = x (ρ − z) − y
dz/dt = x y − β z
field applied mathematics
chaos theory
dynamical systems
meteorology
nonlinear dynamics
hasDimension fractal dimension between 2 and 3
hasProperty bounded trajectories
dense set of periodic orbits
deterministic chaos
non-integrable system behavior
non-periodic trajectories
sensitive dependence on initial conditions
strange attractor with fractal structure
structural instability with respect to parameters
topologically mixing
hasShape butterfly-shaped trajectory in phase space
influenced development of modern chaos theory
introducedBy Edward N. Lorenz NERFINISHED
namedAfter Edward N. Lorenz NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1963
publishedIn Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences NERFINISHED
relatedConcept butterfly effect
chaotic flow
strange attractor
typicalParameterBeta 8/3
typicalParameterRho 28
typicalParameterSigma 10
usedAs benchmark system in chaos theory
canonical example of deterministic chaos
visualizedBy Poincaré sections NERFINISHED
phase-space trajectory plots

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