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Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge 2006 ii Paper 1 14E a Solution by
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Linearizing about the orbit gives , where . The fundamental matrix therefore satisfiesThe Floquet multipliers are the eigenvalues of the monodromy matrix . Differentiating the orbit equation shows that its tangent solves the variational equation. Since , one multiplier is one.
For an invertible fundamental matrix, differentiating the determinant gives . Integration from the identity yields . The determinant is the product of the two multipliers, so the other is
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