UNIVERSAL METRIC PROPERTIES OF NON-LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS
UNIVERSAL METRIC PROPERTIES OF NON-LINEAR TRANSFORMATIONS
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DOI:
10.1007/bf01107909
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发表时间:
1979-01-01
影响因子:
1.6
通讯作者:
FEIGENBAUM, MJ
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作者:
FEIGENBAUM, MJ
The role of functional equations to describe the exact local structure of highly bifurcated attractors ofxn+1=λf(xn) independent of a specificfis formally developed. A hierarchy of universal functionsgr(x)exists, each descriptive of the same local structure but at levels of a cluster of 2rpoints. The hierarchy obeysgr−1(x)=−αgr(gr(x/α), withg=limr → ∞grexisting and obeyingg(x)= −αg(g(x/α), an equation whose solution determines bothgandα. Forrasymptoticgr∼ g − δ−rh*where δ > 1 andhare determined as the associated eigenvalue and eigenvector of the operator ℒ: $$\mathcal{L}\left[ \psi \right] = - \alpha \left[ {\psi \left( {g\left( {{x \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {x \alpha }} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} \alpha }} \right)} \right) + g'\left( {g\left( {{x \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {x \alpha }} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} \alpha }} \right)} \right)\psi \left( {{{ - x} \mathord{\left/ {\vphantom {{ - x} \alpha }} \right. \kern-\nulldelimiterspace} \alpha }} \right)} \right]$$ We conjecture that ℒ possesses a unique eigenvalue in excess of 1, and show that this δ is the λ-convergence rate. The form (*) is then continued to allλrather than just discreteλrand bifurcation valuesΛrand dynamics at suchλis determined. These results hold for the high bifurcations of any fundamental cycle. We proceed to analyze the approach to the asymptotic regime and show, granted ℒ's spectral conjecture, the stability of thegrlimit of highly iterated λf's, thus establishing our theory in a local sense. We show in the course of this that highly iterated λf's are conjugate togr's, thereby providing some elementary approximation schemes for obtainingλrfor a chosenf.