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•  The  ith Lyapunov exponent is then defined as the average rate of growth of the length,           , of the  ith principal axis of the ellipsoid:



where  the           are ordered from largest to smallest.

Note:         ,  the largest positive exponent,  is what I have, up to now,  been calling the Lyapunov exponent.