+\subsection{A short presentation of chaos}
+
+
+Chaos theory studies the behavior of dynamical systems that are perfectly predictable, yet appear to be wildly amorphous and meaningless.
+Chaotic systems\index{chaotic!systems} are highly sensitive to initial conditions,
+which is popularly referred to as the butterfly effect.
+In other words, small differences in initial conditions (such as those due to rounding errors in numerical computation) yield widely diverging outcomes,
+in general rendering long-term prediction impossible \cite{kellert1994wake}. This happens even though these systems are deterministic, meaning that their future behavior is fully determined by their initial conditions, with no random elements involved \cite{kellert1994wake}. That is, the deterministic nature of these systems does not make them predictable \cite{kellert1994wake,Werndl01032009}. This behavior is known as deterministic chaos, or simply chaos. It has been well-studied in mathematics and
+physics, leading among other things to the well-established definition of Devaney which can be found next.
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+\subsection{On Devaney's definition of chaos}\index{chaos}
+\label{sec:dev}
+Consider a metric space $(\mathcal{X},d)$ and a continuous function $f:\mathcal{X}\longrightarrow \mathcal{X}$, for one-dimensional dynamical systems of the form:
+\begin{equation}
+x^0 \in \mathcal{X} \textrm{ and } \forall n \in \mathds{N}^*, x^n=f(x^{n-1}),
+\label{Devaney}
+\end{equation}
+the following definition of chaotic behavior, formulated by Devaney~\cite{Devaney}, is widely accepted.
+
+\begin{definition}
+ A dynamical system of Form~(\ref{Devaney}) is said to be chaotic if the following conditions hold.
+\begin{itemize}
+\item Topological transitivity\index{topological transitivity}:
+
+\begin{equation}
+\forall U,V \textrm{ open sets of } \mathcal{X},~\exists k>0, f^k(U) \cap V \neq \varnothing .
+\end{equation}
+
+Intuitively, a topologically transitive map has points that eventually move under iteration from one arbitrarily small neighborhood to any other. Consequently, the dynamical system cannot be decomposed into two disjoint open sets that are invariant under the map. Note that if a map possesses a dense orbit, then it is clearly topologically transitive.
+\item Density of periodic points in $\mathcal{X}$\index{density of periodic points}:
+
+Let $P=\{p\in \mathcal{X}|\exists n \in \mathds{N}^{\ast}:f^n(p)=p\}$ the set of periodic points of $f$. Then $P$ is dense in $\mathcal{X}$:
+
+\begin{equation}
+ \overline{P}=\mathcal{X} .
+\end{equation}
+
+The density of periodic orbits means that every point in space is closely approached by periodic orbits in an arbitrary way. Topologically mixing systems failing this condition may not display sensitivity to initial conditions presented below and, hence,may not be chaotic.
+\item Sensitive dependence on initial conditions\index{sensitive dependence on initial conditions}:
+
+$\exists \varepsilon>0,$ $\forall x \in \mathcal{X},$ $\forall \delta >0,$ $\exists y \in \mathcal{X},$ $\exists n \in \mathbb{N},$ $d(x,y)<\delta$ and $d\left(f^n(x),f^n(y)\right) \geqslant \varepsilon.$
+
+Intuitively, a map possesses sensitive dependence on initial conditions if there exist points arbitrarily close to $x$ that eventually separate from $x$ by at least $\varepsilon$ under the iteration of $f$. Not all points near $x$ need to be eventually separate from $x$ under iteration, but there must be at least one such point in every neighborhood of $x$. If a map possesses sensitive dependence on initial conditions, then for all practical purposes, the dynamics of the map defy numerical computation. Small errors in computation that are introduced by round-off may become magnified upon iteration. The results of numerical computation of an orbit, no matter how accurate, may bear no resemblance whatsoever with the real orbit.
+\end{itemize}
+
+\end{definition}
+
+When $f$ is chaotic, then the system $(\mathcal{X}, f)$ is chaotic and quoting Devaney~\cite[p. 50]{Devaney}: ``it is unpredictable because of the sensitive dependence on initial conditions. It cannot be broken down or decomposed into two subsystems which do not interact because of topological transitivity. And, in the midst of this random behavior, we nevertheless have an element of regularity.'' Fundamentally different behaviors are consequently possible and occur in an unpredictable way.
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