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Phys. Rev. Lett. 64, 2350–2353 (1990)

Classification of strange attractors by integers

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Gabriel B. Mindlin, Xin-Jun Hou, Hernán G. Solari, R. Gilmore, and N. B. Tufillaro
Department of Physics and Atmospheric Science, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-9984
Department of Physics, Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania 19010-2899

Received 4 December 1989; published in the issue dated 14 May 1990

We show how to characterize a strange attractor by a set of integers. These are extracted from the chaotic time-series data by first reconstructing the low-period orbits and then determining the template, or knot holder, which supports all periodic orbits embedded in the strange attractor, and the strange attractor itself. The template is identified by a set of integers which therefore characterize the strange attractor. This identification is explicitly demonstrated for the Pirogon using a relatively small data set (5000 points).

© 1990 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2350
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.64.2350
PACS:
05.45.+b