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attractor
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attractor [ə′trak·tər]
(physics)
A geometrical object toward which the trajectory of a dynamical system, represented by a curve in phase space, converges in the course of time.
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the corner solutions, but also when p = [delta] - [beta]c/[beta](1 - c) and q = [gamma] - [alpha]c/[alpha](1 - c), the saddle point that divides the basins of attraction of the two local attracting equilibria: the learning network convention (p=l, q=l) and the independent global exchange convention (p=0, q=0).
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Photo: The boundary between two basins of attraction (one red, theother green) for the equation (Z2 - 1)(Z2 - 4) can be extraordinarily complicated.
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