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In the last chapter we had a brief look at chaos and at one of the most important tools at our disposal in studying it, namely phase space. Phase space plays such an important role in chaos it is essential that we sit down and take a closer look at it.
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Parker, B. (1996). Building the Groundwork for Understanding Chaos. In: Chaos in the Cosmos. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-3370-6_4
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