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In [[Mathematics (nonfiction)|mathematics]], '''Arnold's cat map''' is a [[Chaos theory (nonfiction)|chaotic]] map from the torus into itself, named after [[Vladimir Arnold (nonfiction)|Vladimir Arnold]], who demonstrated its effects in the 1960s using an image of a cat, hence the name.
[[File:Arnold's cat map.png|thumb|Arnold's cat map: Sample mapping on a picture of 150x150 pixels. The numbers shows the iteration step. After 300 iterations arriving at the original image.]]In [[Mathematics (nonfiction)|mathematics]], '''Arnold's cat map''' is a [[Chaos theory (nonfiction)|chaotic]] map from the torus into itself, named after [[Vladimir Arnold (nonfiction)|Vladimir Arnold]], who demonstrated its effects in the 1960s using an image of a cat, hence the name.


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Arnold's cat map: Sample mapping on a picture of 150x150 pixels. The numbers shows the iteration step. After 300 iterations arriving at the original image.

In mathematics, Arnold's cat map is a chaotic map from the torus into itself, named after Vladimir Arnold, who demonstrated its effects in the 1960s using an image of a cat, hence the name.

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