Applications of Lie derivatives in chaos synchronization and localizat
ion of periodic orbits are discussed. We present examples illustrating
how one can construct a system that synchronizes with a given dynamic
al system, and how one can find a set that contains all periodic orbit
s of a dynamical system. PACS numbers: 05.45 + b, 64.60.Cn - (C) 1998
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