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- %LORENZ Plot the orbit around the Lorenz chaotic attractor.
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- % Copyright (c) 1984-93 by The MathWorks, Inc.
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- clf
- clc
- echo on
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- % Solve the ordinary differential equation describing the
- % Lorenz chaotic attractor. The equations are defined in
- % an M-file, lorenzeq.m.
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- type lorenzeq
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- % Press any key to continue after pauses.
- pause
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- clc
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- % The values of the global parameters are
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- global SIGMA RHO BETA
- SIGMA = 10.;
- RHO = 28.;
- BETA = 8./3.;
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- pause
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- % The graphics axis limits are set to values known to contain the solution.
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- axis([10 40 -20 20 -20 20])
- view(3)
- hold on
- title('Lorenz Attractor')
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- pause
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- clc
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- % The orbit ranges chaotically back and forth around two different points,
- % or attractors. It is bounded, but not periodic and not convergent.
- % The numerical integration, and the display of the evolving solution,
- % are handled by the function ODE23P.
- %
- % This will run for quite a while; hit <ctrl-C> to break out sooner.
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- y0 = [0 0 eps];
- tfinal = 100;
- y = ode23p('lorenzeq',0,tfinal,y0)
- echo off
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