Intermittency

The term intermittency (inter mittere Latin: interrupt ) describes the feature of a nonlinear dynamical system whose essentially regular behavior is interrupted by infrequent, entertaining phases of chaotic behavior. The transition to chaotic behavior takes place through a sequence of bifurcations.

An indication of intermittency provides a probability density distribution deviates from the Gaussian distribution. Intermittency is found for example in turbulent flows.

Intermittency in 1979 by Yves Pomeau and Paul Manneville first described (today Pomeau - Manneville intermittency - called ) was.

Explanation

" To explain intermittency, it is helpful to know what is self-similarity. " An example of self-similarity is the Sierpinski triangle. It involves no intermittency because the Sierpinski triangle, a normal distribution, so it is a non- intermittent gent behavior. The interruption of the normal distribution is one of the conditions for intermittent gent behavior. As a typical example of intermittent gent behavior of the solar wind is often called.