The Topology of Chaos: findnames man page

findnames(1)                                                      findnames(1)



NAME
       findnames  -  given  the  topological  invariants  of a set of periodic
       orbits, and a list of templates which can hold  them,  lists  for  each
       orbit its possible symbolic names.

SYNOPSIS
       findnames -t temfile -i invfile [-q|c] [-v] [-r timeout]



DESCRIPTION
       The findnames command reads topological invariants invariants from file
       invfile, and a list of templates compatible with these invariants  from
       file temfile (see _l_i_b_t_o_p(4))

       It lists possible symbolic names for each orbit on standard output.

       If  the option is used, findnames will try to find only one set of sym-
       bolic names compatible with the template currently  examined  and  with
       the  given  set  of  topological invariants. This allows one to quickly
       check that a given template is compatible with  a  set  of  topological
       invariants. In this case, no name is printed.

       If  the  option  is  used,  findnames  gives possible symbolic names by
       checking only torsions, periods, self-linking numbers and linking  num-
       bers  for  the n(n-1)/2 pairs of orbits. While this information may not
       be sufficient to discard certain names,  the  program  runs  much  more
       quickly.

       The CPU time used by findnames can be limited with the -r option. After
       the indicated number of seconds has elapsed, the program will  stop  no
       matter in which state it is currently.

        If findnames is invoked with the option, it prints version information
       on standard output, and then exits.

SEE ALSO
       orbcomb(1), libtop(4)

AUTHOR
       M. Lefranc



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