A 'fixed point' [http://identifiers.org/teddy/TEDDY_0000086] for which the Jacobian matrix has purely imaginary complex conjugate eigenvalues. The fixed point is surrounded by a family of cycles in the phase portrait.
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http://identifiers.org/teddy/TEDDY_0000088
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elliptic fixed point
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A 'fixed point' [http://identifiers.org/teddy/TEDDY_0000086] for which the Jacobian matrix has purely imaginary complex conjugate eigenvalues. The fixed point is surrounded by a family of cycles in the phase portrait.