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In this paper, we study the stability problem of a stochastic, nonlinear, discrete-time system. We introduce a linear transfer operator-based Lyapunov measure as a new tool for stability verification of stochastic systems. Weaker…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2017-02-20 Umesh Vaidya

Using examples we test formulae previously conjectured to give the fractal information dimension of chaotic repellors and their stable and unstable manifolds in ``typical'' dynamical systems in terms of the Lyapunov exponents and the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-10-31 D. Sweet , E. Ott

A neural network model that exhibits stochastic population bursting is studied by simulation. First return maps of inter-burst intervals exhibit recurrent unstable periodic orbit (UPO)-like trajectories similar to those found in experiments…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-07 B. Biswal , C. Dasgupta

We compute the full Lyapunov spectra for a hard-disk fluid under temperature gradient and shear. The system is thermalized by deterministic and time-reversible scattering at the boundary. This thermostating mechanism allows for energy…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 C. Wagner

Periodic orbits are important objects of discrete dynamical systems, but finding them is not always easy. We present a self-contained introductory account, aimed at non-experts, to prove their existence and study their stability using the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-10-09 Lucía Alonso Mozo , Olivier Hénot , Phillipo Lappicy

We study numerically and analytically the instabilities associated with phase separation in a solid layer on which an external material ux is imposed. The first instability is localized within a boundary layer at the exposed free surface by…

Materials Science · Physics 2018-01-17 Esteban Meca , Andreas Münch , Barbara Wagner

The Lyapunov exponents of a dynamical system measure the average rate of exponential stretching along an orbit. Positive exponents are often taken as a defining characteristic of chaotic dynamics. However, the standard…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2024-09-16 E. Sander , J. D. Meiss

Macroscopic systems subjected to injection and dissipation of energy can exhibit complex spatiotemporal behaviors as result of dissipative self-organization. Here, we report a one and two dimensional pattern forming set up, which exhibits a…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2016-08-24 Marcel G. Clerc , Gregorio González-Cortés , Vincent Odent , Mario Wilson

In this paper, we implement a generalised pseudo-Newtonian potential to study the off-equatorial orbits inclined at a certain angle with the equatorial plane around Schwarzschild and Kerr-like compact object primaries surrounded by a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-01-01 Saikat Das , Suparna Roychowdhury

We describe all Lyapunov spectra that can be obtained by perturbing the derivatives along periodic orbits of a diffeomorphism. The description is expressed in terms of the finest dominated splitting and Lyapunov exponents that appear in the…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Jairo Bochi , Christian Bonatti

Everything you ever wanted to know about what has come to be known as ``chaotic mixing:'' This paper describes the evolution of localised ensembles of initial conditions in 2- and 3-D time-independent potentials which admit both regular and…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-10-30 Henry E. Kandrup

This paper uses the assumptions of ergodicity and a microcanonical distribution to compute estimates of the largest Lyapunov exponents in lower-dimensional Hamiltonian systems. That the resulting estimates are in reasonable agreement with…

Astrophysics · Physics 2009-11-07 Henry E. Kandrup , Ioannis V. Sideris , C. L. Bohn

We obtain a local stable manifold theorem for perturbations of nonautonomous linear difference equations possessing a very general type of nonuniform dichotomy, possibly with different growth rates in the uniform and nonuniform parts. We…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2011-05-12 António J. G. Bento , César M. Silva

We use the uniform semiclassical approximation in order to derive the fidelity decay in the regime of large perturbations. Numerical computations are presented which agree with our theoretical predictions. Moreover, our theory allows to…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2016-09-08 Wen-ge Wang , G. Casati , Baowen Li , T. Prosen

In this paper, we establish $L_p$ estimates and solvability for time fractional divergence form parabolic equations in the whole space when leading coefficients are merely measurable in one spatial variable and locally have small mean…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-08-20 Hongjie Dong , Doyoon Kim

Scattered disk objects (SDOs) are distant minor bodies that orbit the sun on highly eccentric orbits, frequently with perhelia near Neptune's orbit. Gravitational perturbations due to Neptune frequently lead to chaotic dynamics, with the…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2026-02-18 Matthew Belyakov , Konstantin Batygin

In this paper, we consider the following nonlinear disordered Stark model: $${\bf i}\partial_tu_n+\delta(u_{n+1}+u_{n-1})+nu_n+v_nu_n+\epsilon |u_n|^{2}u_n=0,\quad n\in\mathbb{Z}.$$ By employing the diagonalization of the associated linear…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-03-11 Shengqing Hu , Yingte Sun

The transition from order to chaos has been a major subject of research since the work of Poincare, as it is relevant in areas ranging from the foundations of statistical physics to the stability of the solar system. Along this transition,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-12-03 Julien Tailleur , Jorge Kurchan

We consider the orbits of particles with spin in the Schwarzschild spacetime. Using the Papapetrou-Dixon equations of motion for spinning particles, we solve for the orbits and focus on those that exhibit chaos using both Poincar\'e maps…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2010-07-13 Chris Verhaaren , Eric W. Hirschmann

Lyapunov-like characterizations for non-uniform in time and uniform robust global asymptotic stability of uncertain systems described by retarded functional differential equations are provided.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Iasson Karafyllis