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322 CHAPTER 8. NONLINEAR DIAGNOSTIC TOOLS<br />

1<br />

x<br />

–1<br />

0 y 0.5<br />

Figure 8.2: Period-4 Poincare section.<br />

Finally, for F4 =0:42, we had previously observed a localized chaotic trajectory,<br />

characteristic of a strange attractor. The corresponding \strange"<br />

Poincare section is shown in Figure 8.3.<br />

x<br />

1<br />

0<br />

–1<br />

0 y 0.5<br />

Figure 8.3: Chaotic \rattler."<br />

Strange attractors are often given colorful or descriptive names. What name<br />

shallwegivetothechaoticPoincare section obtained above? This depends on<br />

the reader's experience and imagination. To coauthor Richard, it reminds him<br />

of an incident that occurred while he was hiking with his family in the Superstition<br />

Mountains of southern Arizona. While scrambling down a rocky scree<br />

slope, he had a feeling of impending chaos when his youngest daughter nearly<br />

stumbled into a coiled rattlesnake. To the author, this particular Poincare sec-

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