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Chaotic diffusion

Does deterministic chaos produce diffusion — does momentum in the kicked rotor's chaotic sea random-walk?

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How the lab tests it

Start an ensemble of orbits at p=0, watch the momentum spread, and measure the diffusion coefficient D = ⟨Δp²⟩/2n across the kick strength K.

What it checks

the quasilinear estimate D = K²/4 (independent kicks: ⟨(K·sinθ)²⟩ = K²/2 per step)

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