ahh, the Lorenz manifold - it looks like
an escapee from a lava lamp. Their paper is quite interesting and though
their math is impeccable no doubt, I do wish they had checked the spelling
of 'crochet' (it is not chrochet - at least not in English) and had taken
some advice on the use of the verb '
I don't see anyone else mentioning this - so thought I would. There is a
picture on the bbc news link below.
Mathematicians have made a crochet model of chaos - and are challenging
anyone else to repeat the effort.
Dr Hinke Osinga and Professor Bernd Krauskopf, of Bristol University's
engineer