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Feigenbaum: period-doubling route to chaos has universal ratio δ = 4.669... independent of system details.\",\n  \"scale\": \"all scales\",\n  \"claim_tier\": \"T0/T1\",\n  \"sources\": [\n    \"Poincare, H. (1890). 'Sur le probleme des trois corps et les equations de la dynamique.' Acta Math., 13, 1-270.\",\n    \"Lorenz, E.N. (1963). 'Deterministic Nonperiodic Flow.' J. Atmos. Sci., 20(2), 130-141.\",\n    \"Feigenbaum, M.J. (1978). 'Quantitative Universality for a Class of Nonlinear Transformations.' J. Stat. Phys., 19, 25-52.\",\n    \"Thom, R. (1972). Stabilite structurelle et morphogenese. Benjamin. [Catastrophe theory.]\"\n  ],\n  \"dual\": \"Fixed-point stability only — a system with no complex attractors, converging only to simple equilibria.\",\n  \"falsifier\": \"N/A for the mathematical theorems. 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Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.\n---\n\n# Node C23: Attractors / Dynamical Systems\n\nThis Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/oip-node-c23-attractors-dynamical-systems). It does not repeat the article's human prose.\n\n## Orient\n\n- Read the machine article at /api/articles/oip-node-c23-attractors-dynamical-systems.\n- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/oip-node-c23-attractors-dynamical-systems/topology.\n- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.\n\n## Apply\n\n1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.\n2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.\n3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.\n4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.\n5. 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