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The stability index for dynamically defined Weierstrass functions

Dynamical Systems 2017-09-11 v1

Abstract

Let T^:X×RX×R\hat{T} : X \times \mathbb{R} \to X \times \mathbb{R} given by T^(x,t)=(Tx,gx(t))\hat{T}(x,t) = (Tx, g_x(t)) be a skew-product dynamical system where T:XXT : X \to X is a mixing conformal expanding map and, for each xXx \in X, gx:RRg_x : \mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R} is an affine map of the form gx(t)=f(x)+λ(x)1tg_x(t)=-f(x)+\lambda(x)^{-1}t. Under a suitable contraction hypotheses on λ\lambda there exists a measurable function u:XRu: X \to \mathbb{R} such that graph(u)={(x,u(x))xX}\text{graph}(u) = \{(x,u(x)) \mid x\in X\} is T^\hat{T}-invariant and divides X×RX \times \mathbb{R} into two regions, B+\mathbb{B}^+ and B\mathbb{B}^-, consisting of points that are repelled under iteration by T^\hat{T} to ±\pm\infty. These two regions act as basins of attraction to ±\pm \infty in the sense of Milnor. The two basins have a complicated local structure: a neighbourhood of a point (x,t)+(x,t) \in ^+ will typically intersect B\mathbb{B}^- in a set of positive measure. The stability index (as introduced by Podvigina and Ashwin \cite{podviginaashwin:11} for general Milnor attractors) is the rate of polynomial decay of the measure of this intersection. We calculate the stability index at typical points in X×RX \times \mathbb{R}. We also perform a multifractal analysis of the level sets of the stability index.

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@article{arxiv.1709.02451,
  title  = {The stability index for dynamically defined Weierstrass functions},
  author = {Charles P Walkden and Tom Withers},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1709.02451},
  year   = {2017}
}

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25 pages, 3 figures

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