An explicit description of all scrambled sets of weakly unimodal functions of type \(2^ \infty \) (Q1374546): Difference between revisions

Let \(f\) be a weakly unimodal map of type \(2^\infty\) on the interval \(I\). For any \(x,y\in I\) write \(x\sim^sy\) if \(\lim_{n\rightarrow \infty} |f^n(x)-f^n(y)|=0\), and \(x\sim^iy\) if \(\liminf_{n\rightarrow \infty} |f^n(x)-f^n(y)|=0\). Clearly, chaos in the sense of Li and Yorke can be expressed in terms of both relations: there are \(x,y\in I\) such that \(x\sim^iy\), but not \(x\sim^sy\). The main contribution is the study of relations \(\sim^s\) and \(\sim^i\) on the set \(K(f)\) of points with infinite \(\omega\)-limit sets. Using a special kind of coding, the author gives an alternative characterization of chaotic maps of the above mentioned type, and of their maximal scrambled sets. The paper contains some open problems.