This paper is devoted to comparing the asymptotics of a solution, describing the wave motion of a discrete lattice and its continuous approximations. The transition from a discrete medium to a continuous one changes the symmetry of the system. The influence of this change on the asymptotic behavior of waves is of great interest. For the discrete case, Schrödinger’s analytical solution of the initial-value problem for the Lagrange lattice is used. Various continuous approximations are proposed to approximate the lattice. They are based on Debye’s concept of quasicontinuum. The asymptotics of the initial motion and the behavior of the systems in the vicinity of the quasifront and at large times are compared. The approximations of phase and group velocities is analyzed. The merits and limitations of the described approaches are discussed.

In this paper, we study various variants of Verhulst-like ordinary differential equations (ODE) and ordinary difference equations (O $\Delta$ E). Usually Verhulst ODE serves as an example of a deterministic system and discrete logistic equation is a classic example of a simple system with very complicated (chaotic) behavior. In our paper we present examples of deterministic discretization and chaotic continualization. Continualization procedure is based on Padé approximants. To correctly characterize the dynamics of obtained ODE we measured such characteristic parameters of chaotic dynamical systems as the Lyapunov exponents and the Lyapunov dimensions. Discretization and continualization lead to a change in the symmetry of the mathematical model (i.e., group properties of the original ODE and O $\Delta$ E). This aspect of the problem is the aim of further research.