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In \textit{G. M. Zaslavsky} et al. [Weak chaos and quasi-regular patterns (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge) (1991; Zbl 0745.58004)] the problem of the motion of a charged particle in a magnetic field is considered. After some changes of variables, discretization process and introduction of new dimensionless variables, one obtains the transformation \[ \widehat M_\alpha: \begin{cases} \overline u= (u+ k_0\sin v)\cos \alpha+ v\sin \alpha\\ \overline v= -(u+ k_0\sin v)\sin v+ v\cos\alpha\end{cases} \] which is called the mapping with a twist about the angle \(\alpha\). When the resonance occurs one obtains \[ \widehat M_q: \begin{cases} \overline u=(u+ k_0\sin v)\cos{2\pi\over q}+ v\sin {2\pi\over q}\\ \overline v= -(u+ k_0\sin v)\sin {2\pi\over q}+ v\cos{2\pi\over q}\end{cases} \] In chapter 6 of the above reference the existence of uniform webs for the transformation \(\widehat M_q\) is also discussed and numerical evidence for the appearance of chaotic dynamical behavior in such transformation is obtained. In the paper under review the authors consider \(\widehat M_q\) for \(q=3\) and 4 and use the following criterion. The existence of a transverse heteroclinic cycle implies the existence of a homoclinic point and this can be taken as the proof of chaotic behavior. In fact they give sufficient conditions for two-dimensional mappings of the form \(T(x,y)= (\Phi(x)- y,x)\) to have a transverse heteroclinic two-cycle where \(\Phi\in C^1(\mathbb{R})\) and holds \(\Phi(x)=- \Phi(-x)\) for every \(x\in\mathbb{R}\). The result they obtain reads as follows: If \(k_0> 15.4082\) then the diffeomorphism \(\widehat M_3\) has a transverse homoclinic point. If \(k_0> 8.2959\) then the diffeomorphism \(\widehat M_4\) also has a transverse homoclinic point.