arXiv · 1305.4222
On the mathematically reliable long-term simulation of chaos of Lorenz equation in the interval [0,10000]
Abstract
Using 1200 CPUs of the National Supercomputer TH-A1 and a parallel integral algorithm based on the 3500th-order Taylor expansion and the 4180-digit multiple precision data, we have done a reliable simulation of chaotic solution of Lorenz equation in a rather long interval [0,10000] (Lorenz time unit). Such a kind of mathematically reliable chaotic simulation has never been reported. It provides us a numerical benchmark for mathematically reliable long-term prediction of chaos. Besides, it also proposes a safe method for mathematically reliable simulations of chaos in a finite but long enough interval. In addition, our very fine simulations suggest that such a kind of mathematically reliable long-term prediction of chaotic solution might have no physical meanings, because the inherent physical micro-level uncertainty due to thermal fluctuation might quickly transfer into macroscopic uncertainty so that trajectories for a long enough time would be essentially uncertain in physics.
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Shijun Liao, Pengfei Wang. 2013-05-18. On the mathematically reliable long-term simulation of chaos of Lorenz equation in the interval [0,10000]. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-013-5375-z
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