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Not quite -- orbital mechanics are Hamiltonian, which means they conserve energy, phase space volume, and often a bunch of other things. Dynamical systems that
by kkylin 7y ago
Not quite -- orbital mechanics are Hamiltonian, which means they conserve energy, phase space volume, and often a bunch of other things. Dynamical systems that conserve phase space volume cannot have "strange" attractors (attractors with zero volume) like the ones described in the article.
- kkylin 7y agoCorrection: by "article" I was referring to the Wikipedia one on attractors, not the original post.