CompuServe Messages

Dietmar: >> The attractor itself is used as a graphical aid because it IS the easiest >> way to see what's going on (if I understand that correctly). I don't know whether it's the easiest way or not. Again, in the case of the Henon attractor, I think the image represents a section through a 3-dimensional orbit. Seeing the orbit might help someone understand how the attractor is generated and what relationship it bears to the original equations. Of course much of this is conjecture on my part…. – Mark M.