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We investigate the existence of cantori for a dissipative version of the sawtooth map. Making use of an explicit parametric representation of the solution, we prove that cantori exist for any irrational value of the frequency. We also perform a numerical study aimed to determine some dynamical properties of the dissipative sawtooth map. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This Focus Issue presents a collection of papers originating from the workshop Methods of Chaos Detection and Predictability: Theory and Applications held at the Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems in Dresden, June 17-21, 2013. The main aim of this interdisciplinary workshop was to review comprehensively the theory and numerical implementation of the existing methods of chaos detection and predictability, as well as to report recent applications of these techniques to different scientific fields. The collection of twelve papers in this Focus Issue represents the wide range of applications, spanning mathematics, physics, astronomy, particle accelerator physics, meteorology and medical research. This Preface surveys the papers of this Issue. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]