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Article #2604Help! I am caught in a strange attractor!
From: Onar Aam
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:20
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:20
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Lately I have been drawing a phase-space diagram over my day-rythm, and it was
schocking. Normally the 24-hour cycle is a very strong attractor. But in my
rythm it seems to be completely absent! I have periods of normal rythmic
behaviour, and then suddenly -bang- my rythm becomes totally chaotic. I do not
yet have sufficient data to draw a conclusion, but it seems "slightly"
disordered, maybe even governed by a a strange attractor! :)
^24h
|
|
| x x
| x
| x x
|
| x
| x x
| x x
| 24h
|_______________________>
"normal" rythm centering around two points on the 24-hour line
x
^
|
| x x
| x x x
|
| x
| x x
| x x
| x x x x
| x
|_________________________>
My rythm. Completely havoc.
Onar.
"Now I lay me down to sleep, pray the lord my soul to keep. If I die before I
wake, pray the lord my soul to take."
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Newsgroups: sci.bio Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!ugle.unit.no!alf.uib.no!hsr.no!onar From: onar@hsr.no (Onar Aam) Subject: Help! I am caught in a strange attractor! Message-ID: <1992Nov18.222032.3155@hsr.no> Sender: news@hsr.no Organization: Rogaland University Centre Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 22:20:32 GMT Lines: 46