The dynamics of the Rikitake dynamo from the stiff limit
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Extract
The Rikitake two-disc system [10] has been proposed as a model of the Earth's magnetic dipole. Numerical integration of the system by Rikitake[10] and Allan [1] showed the phenomenon of polarity reversal which is seen in terrestrial paleomagnetic data [6]. Reversals in the simulations occurred at irregular and apparently unpredictable time intervals, in accord with the capricious character of the real data, though the agreement was qualitative rather than quantitative.
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- Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society , Volume 108 , Issue 1 , July 1990 , pp. 171 - 191
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