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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 three traditional attractors are the point attractor (the system moving to a single end state), the pendulum attractor (the system oscillates between two extreme states), and the torus attractor (the system moves in a complex but regular pattern over time).
Fixed point attractors are those points of measurement that a system always returns to.
Point Attractor and Career Counseling The simplest is the point attractor.
 
 
 
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