To do and notice:
Click in the window to start a particle in motion around the two
strange attractors. Click again very near to where you clicked the
first time. You should see a new particle following the first very
closely for a while, but as time goes on the small difference between
the paths of the particles increases until they are following
completely non-related paths.
The Lorenz butterfly is significant because it illustrates the concept of "sensitive dependence upon initial conditions."
Click in the window to start a Lorenz Butterfly.
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