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Abstract
In this manuscript, we construct a counterexample in $\mathbb{R}^3$ of a $C^{\infty}$ periodic dynamical system for which the rotation vector exists only in the weak sense, but not in the strong sense. This example highlights the subtle distinctions between the two notions of rotation vectors in the context of periodic flows.