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Poincaré map

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Etymology

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Named after Henri Poincaré.

Noun

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Poincaré map (plural Poincaré maps)

  1. (mathematics) The intersection of a periodic orbit in the state space of a continuous dynamical system with a certain lower-dimensional subspace (the Poincaré section), transversal to the flow of the system.
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