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We define a “stretching number” (or “Lyapunov characteristic number for one period”) (or “stretching number”) a = In % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGGipm0dc9vqaqpepu0xbbG8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaWaaqWaaeaada% Wcaaqaaiabe67a4jaadshacqGHRaWkcaaIXaaabaGaeqOVdGNaamiD% aaaaaiaawEa7caGLiWoaaaa!3F1E!\[\left| {\frac{{\xi t + 1}}{{\xi t}}} \right|\]as the logarithm of the ratio of deviations from a given orbit at times t and t + 1. Similarly we define a “helicity angle” as the angle between the deviation % MathType!MTEF!2!1!+-% feaafeart1ev1aaatCvAUfeBSjuyZL2yd9gzLbvyNv2CaerbuLwBLn% hiov2DGi1BTfMBaeXatLxBI9gBaerbd9wDYLwzYbItLDharqqtubsr% 4rNCHbGeaGGipm0dc9vqaqpepu0xbbG8F4rqqrFfpeea0xe9Lq-Jc9% vqaqpepm0xbba9pwe9Q8fs0-yqaqpepae9pg0FirpepeKkFr0xfr-x% fr-xb9adbaqaaeGaciGaaiaabeqaamaabaabaaGcbaGaeqOVdGNaam% iDaaaa!3793!\[\xi t\]and a fixed direction. The distributions of the stretching numbers and helicity angles (spectra) are invariant with respect to initial conditions in a connected chaotic domain. We study such spectra in conservative and dissipative mappings of 2 degrees of freedom and in conservative mappings of 3-degrees of freedom. In 2-D conservative systems we found that the lines of constant stretching number have a fractal form.
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Contopoulos, G., Voglis, N. Spectra of stretching numbers and helicity angles in dynamical systems. Celestial Mech Dyn Astr 64, 1–20 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00051601
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