Metastable chaos: The transition to sustained chaotic behavior in the Lorenz model

1979/09/01 by James A. Yorke, Ellen D. Yorke, Ellen Yorke · 12 citations
Mathematics · Physics and Astronomy · #CHAOS (operating system) #Chaos control and synchronization #Chaotic #Chaotic mixing #Computer science #Control theory (sociology) #Convection #Flow (mathematics) #Lorenz system #Mathematics #Mechanics #Metastability #Nonlinear system #Physics #Quantum chaos and dynamical systems #Quantum mechanics #Statistical Mechanics and Entropy #Statistical physics #Synchronization of chaos #Transient (computer programming) #Turbulence

paper · doi:10.1007/bf01011469

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