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    It is not the case that Formal definitions of chaos may not be applicable to actual physical and biological target systems

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    • 1.Formal definitions seek to fully characterize chaotic behavior in mathematical models
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    • 2.Target systems run for only a finite amount of time
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    • 3.Uncertainties in target systems are always larger than infinitesimal
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    • 1.Lyapunov exponents—the standard mathematical measure of SDIC—are defined only in the limit as time approaches infinity.
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    • 2.No physical or biological system operates over an infinite time horizon, making Lyapunov exponents strictly inapplicable to real systems.
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    • 3.Finite-time Lyapunov exponents are system- and trajectory-dependent approximations that lack the universality required for rigorous classification of chaos.
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    • 1.As Suppes and Winsberg have argued, mathematical models and their target systems inhabit distinct ontological domains, requiring explicit correspondence rules to bridge them.
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    • 2.No established correspondence rules successfully map idealized properties like topological transitivity or dense periodic orbits onto measurable quantities in finite physical systems.
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    • 3.The absence of such bridge principles means chaos attributions remain confined to the model, constituting what Cartwright calls a 'lying law'—accurate of the model but silent on the world.
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