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Post-critical set and non existence of preserved meromorphic two-forms
We present a family of birational transformations in depending on
two, or three, parameters which does not, generically, preserve meromorphic
two-forms. With the introduction of the orbit of the critical set (vanishing
condition of the Jacobian), also called ``post-critical set'', we get some new
structures, some "non-analytic" two-form which reduce to meromorphic two-forms
for particular subvarieties in the parameter space. On these subvarieties, the
iterates of the critical set have a polynomial growth in the \emph{degrees of
the parameters}, while one has an exponential growth out of these subspaces.
The analysis of our birational transformation in is first carried out
using Diller-Favre criterion in order to find the complexity reduction of the
mapping. The integrable cases are found. The identification between the
complexity growth and the topological entropy is, one more time, verified. We
perform plots of the post-critical set, as well as calculations of Lyapunov
exponents for many orbits, confirming that generically no meromorphic two-form
can be preserved for this mapping. These birational transformations in ,
which, generically, do not preserve any meromorphic two-form, are extremely
similar to other birational transformations we previously studied, which do
preserve meromorphic two-forms. We note that these two sets of birational
transformations exhibit totally similar results as far as topological
complexity is concerned, but drastically different results as far as a more
``probabilistic'' approach of dynamical systems is concerned (Lyapunov
exponents). With these examples we see that the existence of a preserved
meromorphic two-form explains most of the (numerical) discrepancy between the
topological and probabilistic approach of dynamical systems.Comment: 34 pages, 7 figure
Integrability of Discrete Equations Modulo a Prime
We apply the 'almost good reduction' (AGR) criterion, which has been
introduced in our previous (arXiv:1206.4456 and arXiv:1209.0223), to several
classes of discrete integrable equations. We verify our conjecture that AGR
plays the same role for maps of the plane define over simple finite fields as
the notion of the singularity confinement does. We first prove that q-discrete
analogues of the Painlev\'e III and IV equations have AGR. We next prove that
the Hietarinta-Viallet equation, a non-integrable chaotic system also has AGR
The Theory of Quasiconformal Mappings in Higher Dimensions, I
We present a survey of the many and various elements of the modern
higher-dimensional theory of quasiconformal mappings and their wide and varied
application. It is unified (and limited) by the theme of the author's
interests. Thus we will discuss the basic theory as it developed in the 1960s
in the early work of F.W. Gehring and Yu G. Reshetnyak and subsequently explore
the connections with geometric function theory, nonlinear partial differential
equations, differential and geometric topology and dynamics as they ensued over
the following decades. We give few proofs as we try to outline the major
results of the area and current research themes. We do not strive to present
these results in maximal generality, as to achieve this considerable technical
knowledge would be necessary of the reader. We have tried to give a feel of
where the area is, what are the central ideas and problems and where are the
major current interactions with researchers in other areas. We have also added
a bit of history here and there. We have not been able to cover the many recent
advances generalising the theory to mappings of finite distortion and to
degenerate elliptic Beltrami systems which connects the theory closely with the
calculus of variations and nonlinear elasticity, nonlinear Hodge theory and
related areas, although the reader may see shadows of this aspect in parts
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