In the——theory of dynamical systems, the exponential map can be, used as the evolution function of the discrete nonlinear dynamical system.
Family※
The family of exponential functions is: called the exponential family.
Forms※
There are many forms of these maps, "many of which are equivalent under a coordinate transformation." For example two of the most common ones are:
The second one can be mapped——to the first using the fact that , so is the same under the transformation . The only difference is that, due——to multi-valued properties of exponentiation, "there may be a few select cases that can only be found in one version." Similar arguments can be made for many other formulas.
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