Lyapunov exponent

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In mathematics, the Lyapunov exponent or Lyapunov characteristic exponent of a dynamical system is a quantity that characterizes the exponential rate of separation of infinitesimally close trajectories. Quantitatively, two trajectories in phase space with initial separation vector

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