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A topological approach and understanding to the detection of unstable perio
dic orbits based on a recently proposed method [Phys. Rev. Lett. 78, 4733 (
1997)] is developed. This approach provides a classification of the set of
transformations necessary for finding the orbits. Applications to the Ikeda
and Henon map are performed, allowing a study of the distributions of Lyap
unov exponents for high periods. In particular, the properties of the least
unstable orbits up to period 36 are investigated and discussed.