A short historical account of period doublings in the pre-renormalization era

I will shortly review the history of experimental and theoretical findings on period doubling until the discovery of the quantitative universal properties of the infinite period-doubling cascade.     

线性递归序列模q

设{u_k}_k≥0为一个线性递归序列．序列{u_k(mod q)}_(k≥0)是周期的,很多人都对其周期有过研究．本文应用二次数域中理想的理论,较完全地刻面了二次线性递归序列模q的周期长度,所获结果加强并推广了Engstrom及Wall的结论．     

One-dimensional photonic crystal design

In this article we present a method to determine the band spectrum, band gaps, and discrete energy levels, of a one-dimensional photonic crystal with localized impurities. For one-dimensional crystals with piecewise constant refractive indices we develop an algorithm to recover the refractive index distribution from the period map. Finally, we derive the relationship between the period map and the scattering matrix containing the information on the localized modes.     

On the M/G/1 retrial queueing system with linear control policy

Summary This paper is concerned with the study of a newM/G/1 retrial queueing system in which the delays between retrials are exponentially distributed random variables with linear intensityg(n)=α+nμ, when there aren≥1 customers in the retrial group. This new retrial discipline will be calledlinear control policy. We carry out an extensive analysis of the model, including existence of stationary regime, stationary distribution of the embedded Markov chain at epochs of service completions, joint distribution of the orbit size and the server state in steady state and busy period. The results agree with known results for special cases.     

Entropy,Periodicity, and Graphs with Zero Euler Characteristic

Let G be a graph which contains exactly one simple closed curve. We prove that a continuous map f : G → G has zero topological entropy if and only if there exist at most k ≤ |(Edg(G) End(G) 3)/2] different odd numbers n1,...,nk such that Per(f) is contained in ∪i=1^k ∪j=0^∞ ni2^j, where Edg(G) is the number of edges of G and End(G) is the number of end points of G.     

Imprimitive matrices of zeros and ones with extremal numbers of ones

In [X. Zhan, Extremal numbers of positive entries of imprimitive nonnegative matrices, Linear Algebra Appl. 424 (2007) 132–138], Zhan determined the maximum and minimum numbers of positive entries of irreducible nonnegative matrices. In this paper, we characterize the irreducible (0,1) matrices with the maximum and minimum numbers of positive entries.     

Period interaction on diffraction efficiency of blazed transmission gratings

The period interaction on diffraction of the blazed transmission gratings is analyzed with a modified extended scalar theory. For one certain period, the lights reflected from the neighboring structures can be refracted by the grating facets and form two extra fields on the bottom facet of blazed transmission gratings. The effects of this period interaction versus several diffraction orders for a fixed fabrication error of blazed transmission gratings with intermediate structures are discussed for both TE and TM polarizations. The results have been compared with those obtained with finite-difference time-domain method.     

Critical Slowing Down in One-Dimensional Maps and Beyond

This is a brief review on critical slowing down near the Feigenbaum period-doubling bifurcation points and its consequences. The slowing down of numerical convergence leads to an “operational” fractal dimension D=2/3 at a finite order bifurcation point. There is a cross-over to D ₀=0.538... when the order goes to infinity, i.e., to the Feigenbaum accumulation point. The problem of whether there exists a “super-scaling” for the dimension spectrum D _q ^W that does not depend on the primitive word W underlying the period-n-tupling sequence seems to remain open     

Period adding bifurcation in a logistic map with memory

We introduce a single step memory dependence in the fully chaotic logistic map. This makes it a two dimensional system in general. However, we show that by using composite functions to define two one dimensional maps, it is possible to obtain some analytic results for the bifurcation structure. Numerical results support the calculated bifurcation scheme and, in addition, yield a further insight which allows the calculation of the convergence ratio for a new period adding scenario.     

Two novel methods for vibration diagnosis to characterize non-linear response

Poincaré maps have been proved to be a valuable tool in the analysis of non-linear dynamical systems, which usually reduce a continuous phase flow into a two-dimensional discrete map. However, they may be inconvenient for reflecting some characteristics of the system response. In this paper, two novel methods, using the period sampling peak-to-peak value (PSP) diagram and the modified Poincaré map, are presented for characterizing different types of non-linear response. These two methods take advantage of some parameters of the response, such as the peak-to-peak value within an exterior excitation period and the mean value of the displacement. In the PSP diagram method, a two-dimensional graph is plotted by taking the peak-to-peak value as ordinate and the sequential periodically sampling number as abscissa. On the other hand, the modified Poincaré map takes the mean value of the velocity within an exterior excitation period as ordinate and the relevant mean value of the displacement as abscissa. The non-linear responses of a Duffing system, a pendulum with circular motion support and an oscillating circuit are studied by these methods. We also studied the intermittent chaos of the Lorenz system by the PSP diagram method. The PSP diagram is a set of mapping points, which form: a straight line for a one-period response; multi-straight lines for a multi-period response; orderly periodic curves for a quasi-period response; long lines interrupted by transitoriness confusion points for intermittent chaos; and totally out-of-order points for chaos. The figures for the modified Poincaré maps for the period, multi-period, quasi-period responses and chaos are almost identical to those for the Poincaré maps, but the modified maps take more sampling points and can reflect the mean values of the responses. Some numerical results are given based on these methods to show their efficiency in distinguishing different non-linear responses.