Chaotic knots and wild dynamics (Q1809544)

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    Chaotic knots and wild dynamics (English)
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    25 November 1999
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    This well written and instructive report without proofs surveys the connections between knot theory and continuous dynamical systems in three (or four) dimensions. The periodic orbits of the latter form a possibly infinite link in space. We are guided through numerous examples to the highlights of present knowledge, e.g. that there is a dynamical system in 3-space that carries all link types as periodic orbits. A dozen commented questions at the end are meant to stimulate investigations in this relatively new field where many problems remain to be solved.
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    flow
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    periodic orbit
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    Lorenz attractor
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    entropy
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    template
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    bifurcation
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    invariant torus
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    link
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