One of the major concepts central to the deeper understanding of contemporary Physics is the concept of chaos. It would not be an exaggeration to say that chaos is everywhere in Physics. The chaotic behavior of physical systems was considered until lately as the result of unknown factors which influence the system. In other words, chaos was supposed to appear in physical systems because of interactions with other systems. Earlier, as a rule, it was considered that these actions were complicated and uncontrolled and usually random.
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Bolotin, Y., Tur, A., Yanovsky, V. (2009). Paradigm for Chaos. In: Chaos: Concepts, Control and Constructive Use. Understanding Complex Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00937-2_2
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