Lettere al Nuovo Cimento (1971-1985)

, Volume 41, Issue 3, pp 82–86 | Cite as

Characterization of strange attractors as inhomogeneous fractals

  • Gr. Paladin
  • A. Vulpiani
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Summary

We describe the structure of strange attractors by means of a generalization of ordinary fractals.

We introduce a set of easily computable exponents, which generalize the fractal dimension, to characterize the geometry of attractors.

PACS

05.40 Fluctuation phenomena, random processes and Brownian motion 
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© Società Italiana di Fisica 1984

Authors and Affiliations

  • Gr. Paladin
    • 1
    • 2
  • A. Vulpiani
    • 1
    • 2
  1. 1.Dipartimento di FisicaUniversità « La Sapienza »RomaItalia
  2. 2.Gruppo Nazionale di Struttura della Materia del CNRUnità di RomaItalia

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