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A discrete dynamical system is a system which is discrete in time so we observe its dynamics not continuously but at given moments of time as in the case of the Poincaré map introduced in the previous chapter. The dynamics of discrete dynamical systems is usually simple enough to be explained in detail. We use these systems to describe the main phenomena of nonlinear dynamics.
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Kapitaniak, T. (2000). Discrete Dynamical Systems. In: Chaos for Engineers. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-57143-5_3
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