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Arnold's cat map

Arnold's cat map proper noun: a chaotic map from the torus into itself.

Proper noun

Arnold's cat map

  1. A chaotic map from the torus into itself.

Origin of Arnold's cat map

Named after Vladimir Arnold, who demonstrated its effects in the 1960s using an image of a cat.

Questions about Arnold's cat map

What does Arnold's cat map mean?
Arnold's cat map means a chaotic map from the torus into itself.
What part of speech is Arnold's cat map?
Arnold's cat map is a proper noun.

Words near Arnold's cat map in the dictionary

  1. Arnold Palmers
  2. Arnold Schwartzenegger
  3. Arnold Schwarzenegger
  4. Arnold Schwarzeneggers
  5. Arnold West
  6. Arnold's cat map
  7. Arnold's Cove
  8. Arnold-Chiari malformation
  9. Arnold-Chiari malformations
  10. Arnoldesque
  11. Arnoldi

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