Combinatorial Dynamics And Entropy In Dimension One (2nd Edition)
2nd Edition
Will be published approx. on 1. November 2000
Book
Hardback
432 pages
978-981-02-4053-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book introduces the reader to the two main directions of one-dimensional dynamics. The first has its roots in the Sharkovskii theorem, which describes the possible sets of periods of all cycles (periodic orbits) of a continuous map of an interval into itself. The whole theory, which was developed based on this theorem, deals mainly with combinatorial objects, permutations, graphs, etc.; it is called combinatorial dynamics. The second direction has its main objective in measuring the complexity of a system, or the degree of "chaos" present in it; for that the topological entropy is used. The book analyzes the combinatorial dynamics and topological entropy for the continuous maps of either an interval or the circle into itself.
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Series
Edition
e
Language
English
Place of publication
Singapore
Singapore
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 225 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 29 mm
Weight
481 gr
ISBN-13
978-981-02-4053-0 (9789810240530)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Preliminaries: general notation; graphs, loops and cycles. Interval maps: the Sharkovskii Theorem; maps with the prescribed set of periods; forcing relation; patterns for interval maps; antisymmetry of the forcing relation; P-monotone maps and oriented patterns; consequences of Theorem 2.6.13; stability of patterns and periods; primary patterns; extensions; characterization of primary oriented patterns; more about primary oriented patterns. Circle maps: liftings and degree of circle maps; lifted cycles; cycles and lifted cycles; periods for maps of degree different from -1, 0 and 1; periods for maps of degree 0; periods for maps of degree -1; rotation numbers and twist lifted cycles; estimate of a rotation interval; periods for maps of degree 1; maps of degree 1 with the prescribed set of periods; other results. Appendix: lifted patterns. Entropy: definitions; entropy for interval maps; horseshoes; entropy of cycles; continuity properties of the entropy; semiconjugacy to a map of a constant slope; entropy for circle maps; proof of Theorem 4.7.3.