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We consider a system with two degrees of freedom, which we describe in four-dimensional phase space. In this (finite) space we define an (oriented) two-dimensional surface. If we then consider the trajectory in phase space, we are interested primarily in its piercing points through this surface. This piercing can occur repeatedly in the same direction. If the motion of the trajectory is determined by the Hamiltonian equations, then the n + 1-th piercing point depends only on the nth.
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Dittrich, W., Reuter, M. (2020). Poincaré Surface of Sections, Mappings. In: Classical and Quantum Dynamics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-36786-2_15
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