Simple Scenarios of Onset of Chaos in Three-Dimensional Maps
Abstract
We give a qualitative description of two main routes to chaos in three-dimensional maps. We discuss Shilnikov scenario of transition to spiral chaos and a scenario of transition to discrete Lorenz-like and figure-eight strange attractors. The theory is illustrated by numerical analysis of three-dimensional Henon-like maps and Poincaré maps in models of nonholonomic mechanics.