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We introduce the notion of attractor and present its historical evolution. Then we show that previous definitions are too stringent. We present two equivalent definitions of attractors, show that in this case strange attractors are indeed attractors and give some properties.
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- Strange Attractor
- Morse Index
- Strong Attractor
- Previous Definition
- Weak Attractor
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Cosnard, M., Demongeot, J. (1985). On the definitions of attractors. In: Liedl, R., Reich, L., Targonski, G. (eds) Iteration Theory and its Functional Equations. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 1163. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0076414
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