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Lorenz attractors and the modular surface

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Abstract

We define an extension of the geometric Lorenz model, defined on the three sphere. This geometric model has an invariant one dimensional trefoil knot, a union of invariant manifolds of the singularities. It is similar to the invariant trefoil knot arising in the classical Lorenz flow near the classical parameters. We prove that this geometric model is topologically equivalent to the geodesic flow on the modular surface, once compactifying the latter.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4315-4331
Number of pages17
JournalNonlinearity
Volume34
Issue number6
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 21 Jun 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • geodesic flow
  • geometric models
  • Lorenz attractor
  • modular surface

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