Map Attractors in Mathematica
- Subject: [mg3048] Map Attractors in Mathematica
- From: bobjon at gatewest.net (Jonathan Lee)
- Date: 28 Jan 1996 10:52:00 -0600
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- Organization: Gate West Communications, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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I am looking for a way to generate chaotic maps in Mathematica. The idea is to plot the orbits of all points in a rectangular region under a given transformation (x,y)->(f(x,y),g(x,y)). For example, the Arnol'd's cat map based on the transformation (x,y)->(x+y mod 1,x+2y mod 1) is based on stretching out a unit square to twice it's original width and three times it's original height to produce 6 unit squares which are all mashed together (basically they are layered on top of one another). The trick is that the unit square has some sort of shape in it (traditionally a cat's face), which is also appropriately distorted. If anyone has any suggestions on how to generate various iterations of this or any other map all and any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance. --Jonathan Lee