When the outcome is uniquely determined by the initial condition, we say the system is

deterministic. Newtonian systems such as projectile and planetary motion are

deterministic. For the most part (except unstable few-body systems alluded to in Section
4.5), we did not have to worry about any unpredictable results, in the sense that if we
propagate the system from two nearby initial conditions, we should expect the final
results to be close, at least not catastrophically different.