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Rikitake

Description

Rikitake two-disk dynamo model for geomagnetic polarity reversals. Exhibits chaotic switching between polarity states through nonlinear coupling of mechanical and electromagnetic components.

Parameters
NameValueUnit
mu 1.0
alpha 1.0
State variables
NameInitial value
x 1.0
y 0.0
z 0.6