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The dynamical system generated by the floor function $\lfloor\lambda x\rfloor$

Dynamical Systems 2015-03-25 v1

Abstract

We investigate the dynamical system generated by the function λx\lfloor\lambda x\rfloor defined on R\mathbb R and with a parameter λR\lambda\in \mathbb R. For each given mNm\in \mathbb N we show that there exists a region of values of λ\lambda, where the function has exactly mm fixed points (which are non-negative integers), also there is another region for λ\lambda, where there are exactly m+1m+1 fixed points (which are non-positive integers). Moreover the full set Z\mathbb Z of integer numbers is the set of fixed points iff λ=1\lambda=1. We show that depending on λ\lambda and on the initial point xx the limit of the forward orbit of the dynamical system may be one of the following possibilities: (i) a fixed point, (ii) a two-periodic orbit or (iii) ±\pm\infty.

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@article{arxiv.1503.07129,
  title  = {The dynamical system generated by the floor function $\lfloor\lambda x\rfloor$},
  author = {U. A. Rozikov and I. A. Sattarov and J. B. Usmonov},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1503.07129},
  year   = {2015}
}

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8 pages

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