Circle Map

Circle Map

In mathematics, particularly in dynamical systems theory, an Arnold tongue of finite-parameter family of a circle maps, named after Vladimir Arnold, is a region (with nonempty interior) in the space of parameters where the map has locally-constant rational rotation number. In other words, it is a level set of a rotation number with nonempty interior.

Read more about Circle Map:  Standard Circle Map, Mode Locking, Chirikov Standard Map

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