2026-07-072026-07-07http://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/80746This study shows that a modulationally destabilized monochromatic wave in a fluid system may undergo a subcritical bifurcation directly into chaos, when dissipation is weak enough. Analysis is made within the framework of the complex Ginzburg-Landau equations.7 figuresChaotic DynamicsSubcritical modulational instability and transition to chaos from periodicitytext