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HETEROCLINIC POINT [5 records]

Record 1 1994-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
CONT

... the existence of a homoclinic point often implies the existence of a hyperbolic invariant set on which the map is chaotic.

OBS

Contrast with heteroclinic point.

OBS

Degenerate homoclinic point, nondegenerate homoclinic point, transverse homoclinic point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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Record 2 1993-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
CONT

Stable manifolds of different fixed points cannot intersect owing to the property of uniqueness of trajectories passing through a given point in phase space since the crossing point would have two possible futures. The same holds for unstable manifolds of different fixed points(use the time-reversed system). In contrast, stable and unstable manifolds of different fixed points can intersect each other along special sets of trajectories called heteroclinic trajectories.

OBS

Such trajectories come asymptotically from one fixed point along its unstable manifold and reach asymptotically the other along its stable manifold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
CONT

Les variétés stables des différents points fixes n'ont pas le droit de se couper en raison de la propriété d'unicité des trajectoires passant par un point de l'espace des phases car le point d'intersection aurait alors deux futurs différents; de même pour des variétés instables (utiliser le renversement du sens du temps). Par contre les variétés stables et instables de différents points fixes peuvent se couper formant des ensembles particuliers de trajectoires appelées hétéroclines.

OBS

De telles trajectoires émergent asymptotiquement d'un point fixe le long de sa variété instable et rejoignent l'autre le long de sa variété stable.

Spanish

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Record 3 1991-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
OBS

Contrast with homoclinic point.

OBS

Degenerate heteroclinic point, nondegenerate heteroclinic point, transverse heteroclinic point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
OBS

A homoclinic or heteroclinic point is called transverse if the respective stable and unstable manifolds meet at an angle, i. e., their tangent vectors are not collinear at the heteroclinic point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
OBS

A homoclinic or heteroclinic point is called transverse if the respective stable and unstable manifolds meet at an angle, i. e., their tangent vectors are not collinear at the heteroclinic point.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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