Journal of Statistical Physics, Vol. 25, No. 3, 1981. p. 397-417.
A model obtained by a seven-mode truncation of the Navier-Stokes equations for a two-dimensional incompressible fluid on a torus is studied. This model, extending a previously studied five-mode one, exhibits a very rich and varied phenomenology including some remarkable properties of hysteresis (i.e., coexistence of attractors). A stochastic behavior is found for high values of the Reynolds number, when no stable fixed points, closed orbits, or toil are present.