On iterations of \(1-\alpha x^2\) on \((-1,1)\) (Q1079251)

In the paper the mapping \(F(x;a)=1-ax^ 2\), \(-1<x<1\), where \(a\) is a parameter in the interval \((0,2)\) is considered. The paper has three parts. The first one is introductory. Existence of attractive cycles is studied in the second part and it is proved that there exists a set \(S\subset (0,2)\) of positive Lebesgue measure such that for \(a\in S\) the mapping \(x\to F(x;a)\) has no attractive cycles. In the third part the authors prove that for almost all \(a\in S\), \(x\to F(x;a)\) has an absolutely continuous invariant measure. Moreover, they prove that the density function of that measure belongs to \(L^ p\) for \(p<2\). The proof also shows that for \(2-a_ 0\) small enough the set of \(a\in (a_ 0,2)\) for which \(F(x;a)\) has an attractive cycle is open and dense in \(S\).