Sharkovskii's theorem
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Named after Oleksandr Mikolaiovich Sharkovsky.
Proper noun
[edit]- (mathematics) A theorem about discrete dynamical systems. One of its implications is that if a discrete dynamical system on the real line has a periodic point of period 3, then it must have periodic points of every other period.