Dynamical systems on R n presenting geometric chaos, i.e., open domains where bounded and unbounded orbits are intermingled, have been constructed. The opposite situation ͑open scattering͒ has been studied for integrable Hamiltonian and non-Hamiltonian vector fields and for equations of type ẍ =−ٌV͑x͒ when the potential has the form V = a͑r͒ + b͑r͒F͑͒ in spherical coordinates.