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The Lorenz attractor and the problem of turbulence

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Ruelle, D. (1976). The Lorenz attractor and the problem of turbulence. In: Temam, R. (eds) Turbulence and Navier Stokes Equations. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 565. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0091453

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