Anomalous diffusion derived from generalized thermodynamic theory (Q1334748)

The authors investigate the anomalous diffusion resulting in a nonlinear dynamical system from iterations of a dynamical map \(F\) in terms of generalized thermodynamics. After discussing the tent map leading to a regular diffusion on a real axis, they analyze two nonlinear maps given as \(g(x)= (1+ \varepsilon x)+ ax^ z\) for \(0< x< 1/2\) and extended by shift and mirror in two different ways to the whole real axis. Instead of using probabilistic random walk analysis they test the behaviour of particular quantities which have the simple (e.g. exponential, or power) dependence on the number of iterations in the case of regular diffusion. They find that the nonhyperbolicity of the map which is responsible for the phase transitions and Lyapunov exponents is also responsible for the anomalous diffusion. Consistent results are obtained for various regimes of regular, dispersive and enhanced diffusion. There is some evidence that the anomalous diffusion is a rather normal than exceptional case.