Dynamical systems

Attractor Lab

A 3D viewer for strange attractors, integrated with RK4 and drawn in WebGL. Drag to orbit · scroll to zoom.

Examples

Equations — the system ẋ = f(x,y,z)

x′=

y′=

z′=

Reserved: x y z t pi and functions like sin, exp, sqrt. Use ^ for powers. Every other letter becomes a tunable parameter below.

Parameters — detected from your equations

Appearance

Palette

Glow

Style

Auto-rotate Show axes (x · y · z)

Draw speed

Integration

Step dt

Points

Warm-up

Start

Lower dt for stiff systems (Chen, Lü). If a system blows up, the HUD reads “diverged.”