A numerical examination of third-order, one-dimensional, autonomous, ordinary differential equations with quadratic and cubic nonlinearities has uncovered a number of algebraically simple equations involving time-dependent accelerations (jerks) that have chaotic solutions. Properties of some of these systems are described, and suggestions are given for further study.
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1997
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