The Lorenz attractor near an intermittent cycle: much of the time the trajectory is close to a nearly periodic orbit, but diverges and returns. Change the parameters slightly and the intermittency will either dissolve or turn into a real attractive periodic cycle.
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Anders Sandberg
Arenamontanus
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invisible consequential 37 months ago | reply
Gorgeous. Thanks for sharing with Creative Commons. I paired this with an article on the trajectories of developing countries. www.policyinnovations.org/ideas/policy_library/data/01580
scottie-z 30 months ago | reply
Seconded. This would make a great textbook cover image. I used it for a class syllabus.
PeterParker2002 22 months ago | reply
Hi. I am designing my credit card and I would like to use your beautiful image as a background. Can I do that? Thank you
giupaint 19 months ago | reply
Thank you for releasing this picture under Creative Commons BY-SA license.
I uploaded it at Wikimedia Commons, the media file repository of all Wikipedias.
You can see it at:
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intermittent_Lorenz_Attra...
Arenamontanus 19 months ago | reply
Thanks!
giupaint 19 months ago | reply
This picture is now in use at en.Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intermittency
Arenamontanus 19 months ago | reply
Yup. Mostly because I updated the entry... because when you uploaded the picture I checked the intermittency entry and realized that it really needed expansion and correction. Thanks to you I got bitten with wikiediting again. Thanks!
giupaint 19 months ago | reply
You are welcome! I thank you so much for your picture and for your wikiediting. Wikipedia really needs editors as you!