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After a presentation of Lyapunov characteristic exponents (LCE) we recall their basic properties and numerical methods of computation. We review some numerical computations which are concerned with LCEs and mainly related to celestial mechanics problems.
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Froeschlé, C. The Lyapunov characteristic exponents-applications to celestial mechanics. Celestial Mechanics 34, 95–115 (1984). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01235793
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