A negative Lyapunov exponent corresponds to compression of state space along stable manifolds, while a positive Lyapunov exponent corresponds to stretching of state space along unstable manifolds. The lecture uses these signs to distinguish contraction toward a fixed point from expansion away to infinity.
Conditions: Applies to the manifold directions discussed in the clip.; The clip does not treat mixed-sign spectra in detail before ending.
A negative Lyapunov exponent corresponds to compression of state space along stable manifolds, while a positive Lyapunov exponent corresponds to stretching of state space along unstable manifolds. The lecture uses these signs to distinguish contraction toward a fixed point from expansion away to infinity.
Conditions: Applies to the manifold directions discussed in the clip.; The clip does not treat mixed-sign spectra in detail before ending.