梯形映射族周期轨道的计算

运用符号动力学理论,研究一种特殊的一维分段线性映射族"梯形映射族"周期轨道的计算方法,确定其周期轨道的参数范围,给出了奇的最大周期序列对应参数的精确范围,以及偶的最大周期序列参数的近似范围.该方法可应用于更一般的单峰系统.     

Stabilization of Unstable Periodic Orbits of One-Dimensional Chaotic Maps

Methods have been recently developed for stabilization of periodic orbits that become unstable when the parameter crosses a certain value. However, in a typical case, one-parameter families of nonlinear maps produce periodic orbits that are unstable from the start. In this article, we propose a method for stabilization of such orbits in the one-dimensional case. Results are reported for stabilization of periodic orbits of a quadratic map.     

Full cascades of simple periodic orbits on the interval

Any continuous interval map of type greater than 2∞ is shown to have what we call a full cascade of simple periodic orbits. This is used to prove that, for maps of any types, the existence of such a full cascade is equivalent to the existence of an infinite ω-limit set. For maps of type 2∞, this is equivalent to the existence of a (period doubling) solenoid. Hence, any map of type 2∞ which is either piecewise monotone (with finite number of pieces) or continuously differentiable has both a full cascade of simple periodic orbits and a solenoid.     

A note on the periodic orbits and topological entropy of graph maps

This paper deals with the relationship between the periodic orbits of continuous maps on graphs and the topological entropy of the map. We show that the topological entropy of a graph map can be approximated by the entropy of its periodic orbits.

     

On the global dynamics of periodic triangular maps

This paper is an extension of an earlier paper that dealt with global dynamics in autonomous triangular maps. In the current paper, we extend the results on global dynamics of autonomous triangular maps to periodic non-autonomous triangular maps. We show that, under certain conditions, the orbit of every point in a periodic non-autonomous triangular map converges to a fixed point (respectively, periodic orbit of period p) if and only if there is no periodic orbit of prime period two (respectively, periodic orbits of prime period greater than p).     

EXISTENCE OF PERIODIC SOLUTIONS TO A PERTURBED FOUR-DIMENSIONAL SYSTEM

Consider a k multiple closed orbit on an invariant surface of a four dimensional system, after a suitable perturbation, the closed orbit can generate periodic orbits and double-period orbits. Using bifurcation methods and techniques, sufficient conditions for the existence of periodic solutions to the perturbed four dimensional system are obtained, and the period-doubling bifurcations is discussed.     

On groups of hyperbolic length

We investigate the recently introduced notion of rotation numbers for periodic orbits of interval maps. We identify twist orbits, that is those orbits that are the simplest ones with given rotation number. We estimate from below the topological entropy of a map having an orbit with given rotation number. Our estimates are sharp: there are unimodal maps where the equality holds. We also discuss what happens for maps with larger modality. In the Appendix we present a new approach to the problem of monotonicity of entropy in one-parameter families of unimodal maps. This work was partially done during the first author’s visit to IUPUI (funded by a Faculty Research Grant from UAB Graduate School) and his visit to MSRI (the research at MSRI funded in part by NSF grant DMS-9022140) whose support the first author acknowledges with gratitude. The second author was partially supported by NSF grant DMS-9305899, and his gratitude is as great as that of the first author.     

Completely integrable systems of the KdV type related to isospectral periodic regular difference operators

Completely integrable KdV systems are described on coadjoint orbits, which are isospectral classes of periodic regular difference operators. The finite zone solutions for some field equations are then obtained if the equations are written on a jet bundle of maps with values in a Lie group and if the orbits are truncated invariantly with regard to the group action.     

Rotation intervals for chaotic sets

Chaotic invariant sets for planar maps typically contain periodic orbits whose stable and unstable manifolds cross in grid-like fashion. Consider the rotation of orbits around a central fixed point. The intersections of the invariant manifolds of two periodic points with distinct rotation numbers can imply complicated rotational behavior. We show, in particular, that when the unstable manifold of one of these periodic points crosses the stable manifold of the other, and, similarly, the unstable manifold of the second crosses the stable manifold of the first, so that the segments of these invariant manifolds form a topological rectangle, then all rotation numbers between those of the two given orbits are represented. The result follows from a horseshoe-like construction.

     

Pitchfork bifurcation for non-autonomous interval maps

In this work, we investigate attracting periodic orbits for non-autonomous discrete dynamical systems with two maps using a new approach. We study some types of bifurcation in these systems. We show that the pitchfork bifurcation plays an important role in the creation of attracting orbits in families of alternating systems with negative Schwarzian derivative and it is central in the geometry of the bifurcation diagrams.     

A Remark about the Final Aperiodic Regime for Maps on the Interval

We consider families of maps on the interval with one maximum,which exhibit the period-doubling route to turbulence. For thesefamilies geometric convergence of the bifurcation parameterfor superstable periodic orbits converging towards the finalaperiodic regime is proved.     

Statistical Properties of Unimodal Maps

We consider typical analytic unimodal maps which possess a chaotic attractor. Our main result is an explicit combinatorial formula for the exponents of periodic orbits. Since the exponents of periodic orbits form a complete set of smooth invariants, the smooth structure is completely determined by purely topological data (“typical rigidity”), which is quite unexpected in this setting. It implies in particular that the lamination structure of spaces of analytic unimodal maps (obtained by the partition into topological conjugacy classes, see [ALM]) is not transversely absolutely continuous. As an intermediate step in the proof of the formula, we show that the distribution of the critical orbit is described by the physical measure supported in the chaotic attractor.     

Bifurcations of three-dimensional diffeomorphisms with non-simple quadratic homoclinic tangencies and generalized Hénon maps

We study bifurcations of periodic orbits in two parameter general unfoldings of a certain type homoclinic tangency (called a generalized homoclinic tangency) to a saddle fixed point. We apply the rescaling technique to first return (Poincaré) maps and show that the rescaled maps can be brought to so-called generalized Hénon maps which have non-degenerate bifurcations of fixed points including those with multipliers e ^±iϕ . On the basis of this, we prove the existence of infinite cascades of periodic sinks and periodic stable invariant circles.      

Applications of the odd symplectic group in Hamiltonian systems

In this paper we give two applications of the odd symplectic group to the study of the linear Poincaré maps of a periodic orbits of a Hamiltonian vector field, which cannot be obtained using the standard symplectic theory. First we look at the geodesic flow. We show that the period of the geodesic is a noneigenvalue modulus of the conjugacy class in the odd symplectic group of the linear Poincaré map. Second, we study an example of a family of periodic orbits, which forms a folded Robinson cylinder. The stability of this family uses the fact that the unipotent odd symplectic Poincaré map at the fold has a noneigenvalue modulus.     

Crisis transitions in excitable cell models

It is believed that sudden changes both in the size of chaotic attractor and in the number of unstable periodic orbits on chaotic attractor are sufficient for interior crisis. In this paper, some interior crisis phenomena were discovered in a class of physically realizable dissipative dynamical systems. These systems represent the oscillatory activity of membrane potentials observed in excitable cells such as neuronal cells, pancreatic β-cells, and cardiac cells. We examined the occurrence of interior crises in these systems by two means: (i) constructing bifurcation diagrams and (ii) calculating the number of unstable periodic orbits on chaotic attractor. Bifurcation diagrams were obtained by numerically integrating the simultaneous differential equations which simulate the activity of excitable membranes. These bifurcation diagrams have shown an apparent crisis activity. We also demonstrate in terms of the associated Poincaré maps that the number of unstable periodic orbits embedded in a chaotic attractor suddenly increases or decreases at the crisis.     

C-bifurcations and period-adding in one-dimensional piecewise-smooth maps

This paper examines the behaviour of piecewise-smooth, continuous, one-dimensional maps that have been derived in the literature as normal forms for grazing and sliding bifurcations. These maps are linear for negative values of the parameter and non-linear for positive values of the parameter. Both C¹ and C² maps of this form are considered. These maps display both period-adding and period-doubling behaviour. For maps with a squared or 3/2 term the stability and existence conditions of fixed points and period-2 orbits in the vicinity of the border-collision are found analytically. These agree with the Feigin classification proposed by di Bernardo et al. [Chaos Solitons and Fractals 10 (1999) 1881]. The period-adding behaviour is examined in these maps, where analytical solutions for the boundaries of periodic solutions are found. Implicit equations for the boundaries of periodic windows for varying power term are also found and plotted. Thus, it is proved that period-adding scenarios are generic in maps of this form.     

Turning numbers for periodic orbits of disk homeomorphisms

We study braid types of periodic orbits of orientation preserving disk homeomorphisms. If the orbit has period n, we take the closure of the nth power of the corresponding braid and consider linking numbers of the pairs of its components, which we call turning numbers. They are easy to compute and turn out to be very useful in the problem of classification of braid types, especially for small n. This provides us with a simple way of getting useful information about periodic orbits. The method works especially well for disk homeomorphisms that are small perturbations of interval maps.     

Complex dynamics of a discrete-time predator-prey system with Holling IV functional response

In this paper, a discrete-time predator-prey system with Holling-IV functional response is studied. We first classify the existence of the fixed points of the system, and further investigate their local stabilities. Then the local bifurcation theory for maps is applied to explore the variety of dynamics of the system. Sufficient conditions for the flip bifurcation and Neimark–Sacker bifurcation are provided. Numerical results demonstrate that the system may have more complex dynamical behaviors including multiple periodic orbits, quasi-periodic orbits and chaotic behavior. The maximum Lyapunov exponent and sensitivity analysis also confirm the chaotic dynamical behaviors of the system.     

Rotating an interval and a circle

We compare periodic orbits of circle rotations with their counterparts for interval maps. We prove that they are conjugate via a map of modality larger by at most 2 than the modality of the interval map. The proof is based on observation of trips of inhabitants of the Green Islands in the Black Sea.