 Poincaré return map (source code)

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= Poincaré return map
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= Poincaré map
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A local transverse section to a flow is mapped back to itself by the next intersection of an orbit. Fixed points represent <periodic orbits>, and the derivative of this return map determines their transverse stability.

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