English Explanatory Dictionary

Poincaré map

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

Poincaré map Poincaré maps

Etymology

Named after Henri Poincaré.

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