On the relation between predictability and homoclinic tangencies

International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos in Applied Sciences and Engineering

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 2523-2534

  Harle, Markus ^a   Feudel, Ulrike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OLDENBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chaotic systems; Hornoclinic tangencies; Local Lyapunov exponents; Predictability

Indexed keywords

EID: 25844438882     PISSN: 02181274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0218127405013459     Document Type: Article

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