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Discrete map · 2D · dim 2

Hénon map

Hénon's 1976 reduction of the Lorenz system. The Hénon attractor at a = 1.4, b = 0.3 is the most-studied 2D strange attractor, with Hausdorff dimension ≈ 1.261.

Hénon attractor at classical parameters (a = 1.4, b = 0.3). Hausdorff dim ≈ 1.26.

Equations

x_{n+1} = 1 − a · x_n² + y_n
y_{n+1} = b · x_n

At a glance

Parametersa, b ∈ ℝ (classic: a = 1.4, b = 0.3)
Chaotic fora ≈ 1.4, b ∈ (0.21, 0.32)
Lyapunov exponentλ₁ ≈ 0.42 (classical)
HistoryHénon (1976), 'A two-dimensional mapping with a strange attractor'.

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