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Hénon attractor
Michel Hénon, 1976
A two-line map of the plane into itself. Iterate it and the points fall onto a curved band that, under magnification, splits into bands within bands, like the layers of puff pastry.
xₙ₊₁ = 1 − a xₙ² + yₙ, yₙ₊₁ = b xₙ; a = 1.4, b = 0.3
On mathcurve.com as Attracteur de Hénon
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