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Central Limit Behavior at the Edge of Chaos in the z-Logistic Map

Statistical Mechanics 2025-08-20 v1 Chaotic Dynamics

Abstract

We focus on the FeigenbaumCoulletTresser point of the dissipative one-dimensional z logistic map. We show that sums of iterates converge to q Gaussian distributions, which optimize the nonadditive entropic functional Sq under simple constraints. We derive a closedform prediction for the entropic index, and validate it numerically via data collapse for typical z values. The formula captures how the limiting law depends on the nonlinearity order and implies finite variance for z larger than 2 and divergent variance for z in between 1 and 2. These results extend edge of chaos central limit behavior beyond the standard case and provide a simple predictive law for unimodal maps with varying maximum order.

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@article{arxiv.2508.13170,
  title  = {Central Limit Behavior at the Edge of Chaos in the z-Logistic Map},
  author = {Abbas Ali Saberi and Ugur Tirnakli and Constantino Tsallis},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2508.13170},
  year   = {2025}
}

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15 pages, 5 figures