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Attractor
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Attractor
In non-linear dynamic series, an attractor defines the equilibrium level of the system. See: Point Attractor, Limit Cycle, and Strange Attractor.


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In the context of diminishing urns we call an urn well defined, if the evolution of the urn always ends in an absorbing state of ,A, when starting at any point (m, n) [member of] S, without ever leaving the state space.
The bookmakers can't split the teams, yet it could be worth risking the Roosters, even though they have a number of players backing up from Wednesday's absorbing State Of Origin.
The establishment of NPS areas absorbing state park lands has sometimes led to charges of NPS "land grabbing," similar to the time when National Forest or Bureau of Land Management lands had been transferred to NPS.
 
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