5.1 (a) ABC of Nonlinear Dynamics
(continued)
The next time you have a
bath, take a good look at
the soap bubbles.
Imagine you are looking at a
3D phase space.
Each bubble is a basin of
attraction
At its centre is an attractor
Attractors are of just 4 types:
Point attractor
Periodic attractor
Quasi-periodic attractor
Chaotic attractor
The next time you have a
bath, take a good look at
the soap bubbles.
Imagine you are looking at a
3D phase space.
Each bubble is a basin of
attraction
At its centre is an attractor
Attractors are of just 4 types:
Point attractor
Periodic attractor
Quasi-periodic attractor
Chaotic attractor
•A given system can have many attractors of different types
•Each sits in its own basin of
attraction
•The attractor chosen
depends on the starting conditions @
