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Chaos and Geometrical Optics

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Chaotic evolution of dynamical systems is caused by the divergence of nearby orbits, i. e., by the intrinsic instability of the dynamics. The best way to see how the divergence of orbits may occur is to consider the orbits as the rays of light, i. e., within the framework of the geometrical optics. We discuss the basic mechanisms of chaos and demonstrate how the discovery of these mechanisms allowed one to enrich the geometrical optics by some new fundamental ideas and notions.

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Translated from Izvestiya Vysshikh Uchebnykh Zavedenii, Radiofizika, Vol. 64, No. 10, pp. 769–776, October 2021. Russian DOI: https://doi.org/10.52452/00213462_2021_64_10_769

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Bunimovich, L.A. Chaos and Geometrical Optics. Radiophys Quantum El 64, 693–699 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11141-022-10171-6

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