Projective vector field

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Plot of the Duffing map showing chaotic behavior, where a = 2.75 and b = 0.15.

Phase portrait of a two-well Duffing oscillator (a differential equation, rather than a map) showing chaotic behavior.

The Duffing map (also called as 'Holmes map') is a discrete-time dynamical system. It is an example of a dynamical system that exhibits chaotic behavior. The Duffing map takes a point (x_n, y_n) in the plane and maps it to a new point given by

$x_{n+1}=y_{n}\,$

$y_{n+1}=-bx_{n}+ay_{n}-y_{n}^{3}.\,$

The map depends on the two constants a and b. These are usually set to a = 2.75 and b = 0.2 to produce chaotic behaviour. It is a discrete version of the Duffing equation.

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External links

• Duffing oscillator on Scholarpedia