On noninvertible mappings of the plane: Eruptions

Lora Billings, James H. Curry

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    Abstract

    In this paper we are concerned with the dynamics of noninvertible transformations of the plane. Three examples are explored and possibly a new bifurcation, or "eruption," is described. A fundamental role is played by the interactions of fixed points and singular curves. Other critical elements in the phase space include periodic points and an invariant line. The dynamics along the invariant line, in two of the examples, reduces to the one-dimensional Newton's method which is conjugate to a degree two rational map. We also determine, computationally, the characteristic exponents for all of the systems. An unexpected coincidence is that the parameter range where the invariant line becomes neutrally stable, as measured by a zero Lyapunov exponent, coincides with the merging of a periodic point with a point on a singular curve.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)108-120
    Number of pages13
    JournalChaos
    Volume6
    Issue number2
    DOIs
    StatePublished - 1996

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