Paper 4, Section II, E

Dynamical Systems | Part II, 2016

Consider the map defined on R\mathbb{R} by

F(x)={3xx123(1x)x12F(x)= \begin{cases}3 x & x \leqslant \frac{1}{2} \\ 3(1-x) & x \geqslant \frac{1}{2}\end{cases}

and let II be the open interval (0,1)(0,1). Explain what it means for FF to have a horseshoe on II by identifying the relevant intervals in the definition.

Let Λ={x:Fn(x)I,n0}\Lambda=\left\{x: F^{n}(x) \in I, \forall n \geqslant 0\right\}. Show that F(Λ)=ΛF(\Lambda)=\Lambda.

Find the sets Λ1={x:F(x)I}\Lambda_{1}=\{x: F(x) \in I\} and Λ2={x:F2(x)I}\Lambda_{2}=\left\{x: F^{2}(x) \in I\right\}.

Consider the ternary (base-3) representation x=0x1x2x3x=0 \cdot x_{1} x_{2} x_{3} \ldots of numbers in II. Show that

F(0x1x2x3)={x1x2x3x4x12σ(x1)σ(x2)σ(x3)σ(x4)x12,F\left(0 \cdot x_{1} x_{2} x_{3} \ldots\right)=\left\{\begin{array}{ll} x_{1} \cdot x_{2} x_{3} x_{4} \ldots & x \leqslant \frac{1}{2} \\ \sigma\left(x_{1}\right) \cdot \sigma\left(x_{2}\right) \sigma\left(x_{3}\right) \sigma\left(x_{4}\right) \ldots & x \geqslant \frac{1}{2} \end{array},\right.

where the function σ(xi)\sigma\left(x_{i}\right) of the ternary digits should be identified. What is the ternary representation of the non-zero fixed point? What do the ternary representations of elements of Λ\Lambda have in common?

Show that FF has sensitive dependence on initial conditions on Λ\Lambda, that FF is topologically transitive on Λ\Lambda, and that periodic points are dense in Λ\Lambda. [Hint: You may assume that Fn(0x1xn10xn+1xn+2)=0xn+1xn+2F^{n}\left(0 \cdot x_{1} \ldots x_{n-1} 0 x_{n+1} x_{n+2} \ldots\right)=0 \cdot x_{n+1} x_{n+2} \ldots for xΛx \in \Lambda.]

Briefly state the relevance of this example to the relationship between Glendinning's and Devaney's definitions of chaos.

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