Yet he also created his most beautiful fractals on computers. He found the futility of searching for the finer, separate parts of the system. But he did get close. So, what are the differences between strange attractors and fractals. One of the major differences is that strange attractors are self portraits drawn by the chaotic system.
Fractals reflect upon the chaos, sensitivity, and unpredictability itself.
Unlike the strange attractor, which emerges when everything should be falling apart, the fractal image emerges as a composite picture of those behaviors after countless iterations. Another reason that fractals differ from strange attractors is that they are less precise. The iteration of three non-linear equations leaves an infinite number of possibilities for creating new images. On the other hand, the equations for attractors are more precise. The feedback loop consists of different patterns.