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Perspectives on studies of chaos in experiments

Conference ·
OSTI ID:7127882

Noisy signals have traditionally been analyzed using Fourier spectra, correlation functions, and other methods developed for linear systems. However, these techniques are inadequate for characterizing chaos in deterministic nonlinear systems. More appropriate properties for characterizing chaos are the Lyapunov exponents, entropy, and dimension of the attractors. Methods are now being developed to compute these properties from time series data obtained in laboratory experiments. We briefly describe some of these methods and their limitations and applications. 26 refs.

Research Organization:
Texas Univ., Austin (USA). Dept. of Physics
DOE Contract Number:
AS05-84ER13147
OSTI ID:
7127882
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/13147-2-Pt.9; CONF-8505207-2-Pt.9; ON: DE87000765
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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