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A starter which sets necessary data to generate to generate an orbit from a regular point has the following parameters that can be modified via the starter window.

 

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Initial point

 

t

a name of the time variable and its initial value.

x

a list of phase (state) variable names and their values at the initial point.

p a list of parameter names and their values.
Select Cycle button
by clicking this button, a window appears where you can enter the number of test intervals and a precision parameter to look for a closed orbit. If there is a closed orbit available, MatCont selects this orbit and changes the type of point and curve to LC (MatCont stores the orbit as a limit cycle). You can start a limitcycle continuation. If there is no closed orbit available you will get a message informing you of that.