 Divergence test for a planar periodic orbit (source code)

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= Divergence test for a planar periodic orbit

For a planar periodic orbit $\gamma$ of period $T$, its nontrivial Floquet multiplier is
$$
\exp\left(\int_0^T\nabla\mathbin{\cdot}F(\gamma(t))\,dt\right).
$$
The orbit is asymptotically stable when the integral is negative and unstable when it is positive.

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