Periodic Point - Dynamical System

Dynamical System

Given a real global dynamical system (R, X, Φ) with X the phase space and Φ the evolution function,

a point x in X is called periodic with period t if there exists a t ≥ 0 so that

The smallest positive t with this property is called prime period of the point x.

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