We have a long way to go before we understand the ergodic theory of strange attractors. |
Smale discovered strange attractors which lead to chaotic dynamical systems. |
The heat island of Tokyo has been one of the leading attractors of crows migrating to the city. |
When understood, these attractors often explain complex, seemingly unintelligible behaviour. |
Legend has it that a group of early chaologists in Santa Cruz would sit in cafes looking for strange attractors through the window. |
The stable points act as attractors, and correspondingly unstable points as repellers. |