Poincaré map
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Henri Poincaré.
Noun[edit]
Poincaré map (plural Poincaré maps)
- (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.