132 research outputs found
Large deviations for non-uniformly expanding maps
We obtain large deviation results for non-uniformly expanding maps with
non-flat singularities or criticalities and for partially hyperbolic
non-uniformly expanding attracting sets. That is, given a continuous function
we consider its space average with respect to a physical measure and compare
this with the time averages along orbits of the map, showing that the Lebesgue
measure of the set of points whose time averages stay away from the space
average decays to zero exponentially fast with the number of iterates involved.
As easy by-products we deduce escape rates from subsets of the basins of
physical measures for these types of maps. The rates of decay are naturally
related to the metric entropy and pressure function of the system with respect
to a family of equilibrium states. The corrections added to the published
version of this text appear in bold; see last section for a list of changesComment: 36 pages, 1 figure. After many PhD students and colleagues having
pointed several errors in the statements and proofs, this is a correction to
published article answering those comments. List of main changes in a new
last sectio
Statistical stability and continuity of SRB entropy for systems with Gibbs-Markov structures
We present conditions on families of diffeomorphisms that guarantee
statistical stability and SRB entropy continuity. They rely on the existence of
horseshoe-like sets with infinitely many branches and variable return times. As
an application we consider the family of Henon maps within the set of
Benedicks-Carleson parameters
Infinitely Many Stochastically Stable Attractors
Let f be a diffeomorphism of a compact finite dimensional boundaryless
manifold M exhibiting infinitely many coexisting attractors. Assume that each
attractor supports a stochastically stable probability measure and that the
union of the basins of attraction of each attractor covers Lebesgue almost all
points of M. We prove that the time averages of almost all orbits under random
perturbations are given by a finite number of probability measures. Moreover
these probability measures are close to the probability measures supported by
the attractors when the perturbations are close to the original map f.Comment: 14 pages, 2 figure
Symmetry breaking perturbations and strange attractors
The asymmetrically forced, damped Duffing oscillator is introduced as a
prototype model for analyzing the homoclinic tangle of symmetric dissipative
systems with \textit{symmetry breaking} disturbances. Even a slight fixed
asymmetry in the perturbation may cause a substantial change in the asymptotic
behavior of the system, e.g. transitions from two sided to one sided strange
attractors as the other parameters are varied. Moreover, slight asymmetries may
cause substantial asymmetries in the relative size of the basins of attraction
of the unforced nearly symmetric attracting regions. These changes seems to be
associated with homoclinic bifurcations. Numerical evidence indicates that
\textit{strange attractors} appear near curves corresponding to specific
secondary homoclinic bifurcations. These curves are found using analytical
perturbational tools
Representation of Markov chains by random maps: existence and regularity conditions
We systematically investigate the problem of representing Markov chains by
families of random maps, and which regularity of these maps can be achieved
depending on the properties of the probability measures. Our key idea is to use
techniques from optimal transport to select optimal such maps. Optimal
transport theory also tells us how convexity properties of the supports of the
measures translate into regularity properties of the maps via Legendre
transforms. Thus, from this scheme, we cannot only deduce the representation by
measurable random maps, but we can also obtain conditions for the
representation by continuous random maps. Finally, we present conditions for
the representation of Markov chain by random diffeomorphisms.Comment: 22 pages, several changes from the previous version including
extended discussion of many detail
The compound Poisson limit ruling periodic extreme behaviour of non-uniformly hyperbolic dynamics
We prove that the distributional limit of the normalised number of returns to
small neighbourhoods of periodic points of non-uniformly hyperbolic dynamical
systems is compound Poisson. The returns to small balls around a fixed point in
the phase space correspond to the occurrence of rare events, or exceedances of
high thresholds, so that there is a connection between the laws of Return Times
Statistics and Extreme Value Laws. The fact that the fixed point in the phase
space is a repelling periodic point implies that there is a tendency for the
exceedances to appear in clusters whose average sizes is given by the Extremal
Index, which depends on the expansion of the system at the periodic point.
We recall that for generic points, the exceedances, in the limit, are
singular and occur at Poisson times. However, around periodic points, the
picture is different: the respective point processes of exceedances converge to
a compound Poisson process, so instead of single exceedances, we have entire
clusters of exceedances occurring at Poisson times with a geometric
distribution ruling its multiplicity.
The systems to which our results apply include: general piecewise expanding
maps of the interval (Rychlik maps), maps with indifferent fixed points
(Manneville-Pomeau maps) and Benedicks-Carleson quadratic maps.Comment: To appear in Communications in Mathematical Physic
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
KMS states and conformal measures
From a non-constant holomorphic map on a connected Riemann surface we
construct an 'etale second countable locally compact Hausdorff groupoid whose
associated groupoid C*-algebra admits a one-parameter group of automorphisms
with the property that its KMS states corresponds to conformal measures in the
sense of Sullivan. In this way certain quadratic polynomials give rise to
quantum statistical models with a phase transition arising from spontaneous
symmetry breaking.Comment: The last section revised. This version will appear in Comm. Math.
Phy
Stochastic stability at the boundary of expanding maps
We consider endomorphisms of a compact manifold which are expanding except
for a finite number of points and prove the existence and uniqueness of a
physical measure and its stochastical stability. We also characterize the
zero-noise limit measures for a model of the intermittent map and obtain
stochastic stability for some values of the parameter. The physical measures
are obtained as zero-noise limits which are shown to satisfy Pesin?s Entropy
Formula
Three-dimensional coherent X-ray diffraction imaging of a ceramic nanofoam: determination of structural deformation mechanisms
Ultra-low density polymers, metals, and ceramic nanofoams are valued for
their high strength-to-weight ratio, high surface area and insulating
properties ascribed to their structural geometry. We obtain the labrynthine
internal structure of a tantalum oxide nanofoam by X-ray diffractive imaging.
Finite element analysis from the structure reveals mechanical properties
consistent with bulk samples and with a diffusion limited cluster aggregation
model, while excess mass on the nodes discounts the dangling fragments
hypothesis of percolation theory.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, 30 reference
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