Poincaré map

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The Poincaré map is a mathematical tool in dynamical systems theory that reduces continuous-time dynamics to a discrete map by tracking intersections of trajectories with a lower-dimensional surface.

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Poincaré maps 3
Poincaré map canonical 1
Poincaré return map 1

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instanceOf mathematical concept ⓘ
tool in dynamical systems theory ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Poincaré return map ⓘ
linked to: Poincaré map

Poincaré section ⓘ
linked to: Poincaré map

first return map ⓘ
appliedIn bifurcation analysis ⓘ
celestial mechanics ⓘ
chaos detection ⓘ
control theory ⓘ
mechanical systems with impacts ⓘ
nonlinear oscillations ⓘ
study of limit cycles ⓘ
assumes transversality of the section to the flow ⓘ
basedOn intersections of trajectories with a surface ⓘ
canBe defined locally near a periodic orbit ⓘ
iterated to study long-term behavior ⓘ
characteristic captures recurrence properties of trajectories ⓘ
dimension reduction technique ⓘ
discrete-time representation of a continuous flow ⓘ
often defined on a hypersurface of codimension one ⓘ
codomain lower-dimensional surface ⓘ
domain continuous-time dynamical system ⓘ
field differential equations ⓘ
dynamical systems ⓘ
mathematical physics ⓘ
helpsIdentify bifurcations of periodic solutions ⓘ
fixed points corresponding to periodic orbits ⓘ
invariant sets on the section ⓘ
historicalContext introduced in late 19th century ⓘ
input point on the Poincaré section ⓘ
mathematicalNature discrete dynamical system ⓘ
namedAfter Henri Poincaré ⓘ
output next intersection of the trajectory with the section ⓘ
purpose analyze periodic orbits ⓘ
detect stability of periodic solutions ⓘ
reduce continuous-time dynamics to a discrete map ⓘ
simplify phase space analysis ⓘ
study qualitative behavior of dynamical systems ⓘ
relatedTo Poincaré–Bendixson theorem ⓘ
flow of a vector field ⓘ
phase space ⓘ
return map ⓘ
stroboscopic map ⓘ
typicalSection surface of codimension one in phase space ⓘ
usedFor computation of Floquet multipliers ⓘ
numerical investigation of dynamical systems ⓘ
stability analysis of periodic orbits ⓘ
visualization of chaotic attractors ⓘ
uses transversal section to the flow ⓘ

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Henri Poincaré → notableWork → Poincaré map ⓘ
Poincaré map → alsoKnownAs → Poincaré section ⓘ
linked to: Poincaré map
Poincaré map → alsoKnownAs → Poincaré return map ⓘ
linked to: Poincaré map
chaos theory → usesTool → Poincaré maps ⓘ
linked to: Poincaré map
Lorenz attractor → visualizedBy → Poincaré sections ⓘ
linked to: Poincaré map
Chaos in Classical and Quantum Mechanics → topic → Poincaré maps ⓘ
linked to: Poincaré map
Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos → topic → Poincaré maps ⓘ
linked to: Poincaré map