-- card: 5300 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 6993 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 2586 -- name: -- part contents for background part 23 ----- text ----- • If a system evolves continuously, and free of external influences, (e.g. mechanics) then it is governed by a differential equation: My treatment of chaos will be based on such continuous dynamics---but maps will arise naturally within this context.