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Heteroclinic network

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In mathematics, a heteroclinic network is an invariant set in the phase space of a dynamical system. It can be thought of loosely as the union of more than one heteroclinic cycle, although there are further constraints requiring the network to be transitive.

References

  • Hoyle, Rebecca B. (2006), Pattern Formation: An Introduction to Methods, Cambridge texts in applied mathematics, Cambridge University Press, p. 129, ISBN 9780521817509.