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        en: An icon of  chaos theory - the  Lorenz attractor. Plot in SVG vector format,
        Projection of trajectory of Lorenz system in phase space with "canonical" values of parameters r=28, σ = 10, b = 8/3
        
          
            Another plot of the same system in PNG bitmap format. Pixellated in full resolution.
 
          
         
        Based on images  Image:Lorenz system r28 s10 b2-6666.png by  User:Wikimol and  Image:Lorenz attractor.svg by  User:Dschwen
        Español: El atractor de Lorenz, con valores r = 28, σ = 10, b = 8/3
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