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The Topology of Chaos - Department of Physics - Drexel University

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Birman-Williams <strong>The</strong>orem<br />

<strong>The</strong> <strong>Topology</strong><br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>Chaos</strong><br />

Robert<br />

Gilmore<br />

Intro.-01<br />

Intro.-02<br />

Intro.-03<br />

Exp’tal-01<br />

Exp’tal-02<br />

Exp’tal-03<br />

Exp’tal-04<br />

Exp’tal-05<br />

Assumptions, B-W <strong>The</strong>orem<br />

A flow Φ t (x)<br />

• on R n<br />

is dissipative, n = 3, so that<br />

λ 1 > 0, λ 2 = 0, λ 3 < 0.<br />

• Generates a hyperbolic strange<br />

attractor SA<br />

Exp’tal-06<br />

Exp’tal-07<br />

Exp’tal-08<br />

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IMPORTANT: <strong>The</strong> underlined assumptions can be relaxed.<br />

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