Simplifications of the Lorenz Attractor

Nonlinear Dynamics, Psychology, and Life Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 271-278

  Sprott, J C ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Attractor; Chaos; Lorenz; Lyapunov exponent

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650832150     PISSN: 10900578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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