I have only one question: Are we allowed to set the Lyapunov exponent? (Technically, I am thinking of the maximum one.)
why does my microwave have a CHAOS MODE pic.twitter.com/feV8M6uxQx
— aoife (@AoifeeO) September 12, 2017
(Tip of the cap to George Takei.)
Update: It looks like chaotic dynamics actually are explicitly involved. (Tip of the cap to Melvin Leok for the link.)
Update 2: Following up on Melvin's comment, I did some googling and found this article. I still haven't figured out which system they used. I suppose I should treat this like the chaotic water wheels. The people who designed this option could have chosen any one of the standard models.
Update 3: Bah. The relevant reference is in a conference proceeding whose parent domain is dead (probably long dead). I might actually have to use a physical library to determine decisively which system was used. (Jaroslav Stark, one of the authors of the above perspective piece, died several years ago. I could potentially see if his coauthor, who I have never heard of, is reachable. The names of the authors of that conference proceeding are going to defy Google.)
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