An attracting set that has zero measure in the embedding phase space and has fractal
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A selection of strange attractors for a general quadratic
map
(1)
(2)
are illustrated above, where the letters to stand for coefficients of the quadratic from to 1.2 in steps of 0.1 (Sprott 1993c). These represent
a small selection of the approximately 1.6% of all possible such maps that are chaotic (Sprott
1993bc).
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to 
stand for coefficients of the quadratic from 
to 1.2 in steps of 0.1 (Sprott 1993c). These represent
a small selection of the approximately 1.6% of all possible 
such maps that are chaotic (Sprott
1993bc).
