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... attractor surface ' in the shape of a cone , its point downwards and located at the normal position of x , y and z . If the x , y and z point is pushed upwards into some other position , it is first attracted back on to this surface ...
... attractor surface ' in the shape of a cone , its point downwards and located at the normal position of x , y and z . If the x , y and z point is pushed upwards into some other position , it is first attracted back on to this surface ...
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... attractor surface ( which again is located in a multidimensional space , so that one again has to form rather an intuitive picture of it , rather than a precise de- lineation ) . In this case the surface cannot be a cone leading to a ...
... attractor surface ( which again is located in a multidimensional space , so that one again has to form rather an intuitive picture of it , rather than a precise de- lineation ) . In this case the surface cannot be a cone leading to a ...
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... attractor surface . A branch point , or catastrophe , occurs as soon as this bending results in there being a fold which brings one part of the attractor surface vertically under some other part ( see 7b.8 ) . Consider then what will ...
... attractor surface . A branch point , or catastrophe , occurs as soon as this bending results in there being a fold which brings one part of the attractor surface vertically under some other part ( see 7b.8 ) . Consider then what will ...
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