A characterization of the kneading sequences associated to Lorenz maps of the interval (Q692747)

For \(0<c<1\) let \(DC_c\) be the set of maps \([0,1]\to [0,1]\) such that \(f|[0,c]\) and \(f|[c,1]\) are continuous and increasing, \(f(c^-)=1\), \( f(c^+)=0\). Let \(\Sigma_2\) be the set of sequences of \(0\) and \(1\) endowed with the metric \(d(\xi, \theta)=1/2^n\) where \(n=\min\{k: \theta_k\neq \xi_k\}\). In \(\Sigma_2\) the lexicographical order of sequences is considered and for \(a,b \in \Sigma_2\) let \([a,b]\) be the closed interval defined by this lexicographical order. The dynamics of any \(f\in DC_c\) can be represented by the dynamics of the ordered subshift \(\sigma :\Sigma[a_f, b_f] \to \Sigma[a_f, b_f] \), where \(\Sigma[a,b]\) is the set of sequences \(\theta\in \Sigma_2\) such that for all \(i\geq0\): \(\sigma^i(\theta) \in [a,0b]\cup [1a,b]\) and \(a_f\), \(b_f\) are kneading sequences associated to the map \(f\). A classification of all possible sequences \(a_f\) that can be achieved by the elements in \(DC_c(3)=\{f\in DC_c: f(0)<f(1)\}\) is given.