phase space
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abstract space whose coordinates are the dynamic variables of the studied system
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- mathematical structure
- Has part
- physical state
- Image
- Rossler Periodic W3.gif
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- characteristic of
- system
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- Phase space diagrams
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Encyclopedic overview
Diagram showing the periodic orbit of a mass-spring system in simple harmonic motion. (The velocity and position axes have been reversed from the standard convention in order to align the two diagrams)
Classification
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “phase space” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.