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We study a class of geometric Lorenz flows, introduced independently by Afraimovič, Bykov & Sil′nikov and by Guckenheimer & Williams, and give a verifiable condition for such flows to be mixing. As a consequence, we show that the classical Lorenz attractor is mixing.
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Luzzatto, S., Melbourne, I. & Paccaut, F. The Lorenz Attractor is Mixing. Commun. Math. Phys. 260, 393–401 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00220-005-1411-9
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