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Strange Attractors: Creating Patterns in Chaos (sprott.physics.wisc.edu)
79 points by dr-neptune 1464 days ago
5 comments
sva_ 1461 days ago
Here's a nice webgl implementation that I found recently:

https://piellardj.github.io/strange-attractors-webgl/

It's fun to explore. Beautiful patterns.

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georgia_peach 1461 days ago
Thank you for sharing this. I remember rendering these 20+ years ago on a 386, & having to wait a few seconds for each set of parameters.
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quickthrower2 1461 days ago
Check out the figures: https://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/fractals/bookfigs/

Take that NFTs!

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2b3a51 1461 days ago
Thanks for posting. Re-writing some of the programs into something like processing might be fun.

https://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/PUBS.HTM

Dr Sprott seems to still be publishing.

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hansword 1461 days ago
Heads up, this is over 20 years old. Not saying you shouldn't read it, just a lot has happened since then.
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pvitz 1461 days ago
What in particular has happened since then and which textbooks explaining these new techniques or discoveries would you recommend? Last time I studied this, I worked through Ott's book and through the book by Almeida, but both are older, so I am curious what the developments were.
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KingOfCoders 1461 days ago
"and a pdf version (8 MB!)."

8 MB!

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dr-neptune 1461 days ago
Pretty excellent considering how many plots there are!
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ta988 1461 days ago
Lots of dots!
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