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The Maple code used to generate all of the phase portraits in this paper is available at https://ogma.newcastle.edu.au/vital/access/manager/Repository/uon:29853.

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This project is dedicated to the memory of Jonathan M. Borwein, our adviser, mentor, and friend.

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This project is dedicated to the memory of Jonathan M. Borwein, our adviser, mentor, and friend.

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Lindstrom, S.B., Vrbik, P. Phase Portraits of Hyperbolic Geometry. Math Intelligencer 41, 1–9 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00283-019-09882-y

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