I've been reading about chaos theory and it occurred to me that metastability might be a chaotic process. It seems something as simple as a damped, driven pendulum (a grandfather clock) can exhibit chaos. The pendulum can swing stabily if given enough energy initially so that it is driven and remains above a threshold point. But if released well below the threshold it will decay to a static point. It will exhibit chaotic behaviour when released near the threshold point, rising and falling in ampitude and never achieving a stable period, but never decaying to a static point either.
Does anyone know if a FF driven into metastability meets the criteria for chaos? Are there factors that prevent a FF output from being chaotic even in metastability?