On the parametric dependences of a class of nonlinear singular maps

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Abstract: We discuss a two-parameter family of maps that generalize piecewise linear, expanding maps of the circle. One parameter measures the effect of a non-linearity which bends the branches of the linear map. The second parameter rotates points by a fixed angle. For small values of the nonlinearity parameter, we compute the invariant measure and show that it has a singular density to first order in the nonlinearity parameter. Its Fourier modes have forms similar to the Weierstrass function. We discuss the consequences of this singularity on the Lyapunov exponents and on the transport properties of the corresponding multibaker map. For larger non-linearities, the map becomes non-hyperbolic and exhibits a series of period-adding bifurcations.


This paper deals with the parametric dependence of a particularly simple class of one-dimensio\-nal circle maps which may be regarded as nonlinear generalizations of a class of piecewise linear, expanding maps. This class of maps are characterized by two parameters: a first parameter which measures the strength of the nonlinearity, and a second one which is a rotation angle. For small values of nonlinearity, the author computes the invariant measure and shows that it has a singular density of first order in the nonlinearity parameter. However, for larger nonlinearity, the rotation can take a nonexpanding region into a expanding one, with the consequence that the attractor may alternate between hyperbolic and nonhyperbolic regions as the intensity of the nonlinearity or the rotation angle are varied.











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