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Representation of a path that joins metastable states. In the phase space of a dynamical model, a metastable state is represented by a saddle fixed point. Based on this landscape metaphor, it is easy to see that two saddles can be connected by an unstable one-dimensional saddle. Adapted from [155] with permission from Elsevier.
