Spiral Point

A fixed point for which the eigenvalues are complex conjugates.

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References

Tabor, M. "Classification of Fixed Points." §1.4.b in Chaos and Integrability in Nonlinear Dynamics: An Introduction. New York: Wiley, pp. 22-25, 1989.

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