2.2 Lorenz Chaos
•In 1963 Lorenz was trying to improve weather
forecasting
•Using a computer, he discovered the first chaotic attractor
•Three variables (x, y, z) define convection
of the atmosphere
•Changing in time, these variables give a trajectory in a 3D space
•From all starts, trajectories settle onto a strange, chaotic attractor
•Right and left flips occur as randomly as heads and
tails
•Prediction is
impossible
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