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Monotonicity of entropy for real multimodal maps

Dynamical Systems 2013-12-11 v2

Abstract

In \cite{Mil}, Milnor posed the {\em Monotonicity Conjecture} that the set of parameters within a family of real multimodal polynomial interval maps, for which the topological entropy is constant, is connected. This conjecture was proved for quadratic by Milnor & Thurston \cite{MT} and for cubic maps by Milnor & Tresser, see \cite{MTr} and also \cite{DGMT}. In this paper we will prove the general case.

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@article{arxiv.0905.3377,
  title  = {Monotonicity of entropy for real multimodal maps},
  author = {Henk Bruin and Sebastian van Strien},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0905.3377},
  year   = {2013}
}

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Final version. To appear in Journal of the AMS

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