Propagation of round-off error in a model of quadratic rational rotations. (Q1406797)

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Propagation of round-off error in a model of quadratic rational rotations.
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    Propagation of round-off error in a model of quadratic rational rotations. (English)
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    7 September 2003
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    The authors investigate the propagation of round-off errors for a dynamical system given by a planar rotation by a rational angle, where the space is discretized uniformly to a lattice, in such a way as to retain invertibility. The system parameters are algebraic numbers of degree two. By embedding this map into a suitable piecewise isometry, and exploiting exact scaling properties of the latter, the authors show that the transport generated by round-off errors is anomalous, featuring a power-law increase in the moments of the probability distribution, modulated by logarithmically periodic or, in one interesting case, quasi-periodic oscillations (an unusual phenomenon). Because all quantities involved are algebraic numbers, and the phase space renormalization is exact, all computations of orbits and associated probabilities are performed exactly.
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    anomalous transport
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    round-off errors
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    pseudochaos
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    planar rotation
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