-- card: 4284 from stack: in -- bmap block id: 9667 -- flags: 0000 -- background id: 2661 -- name: -- part contents for background part 22 ----- text ----- Because of the strong contraction in all directions but one, a 1D approximation is appropriate. But a 1D model, x'=ƒ(x), has to have a fixed point which loses stability through the slope of ƒ reaching +1. Consider for small as the parameter varies through 0.