Friction causing unpredictability

DOI10.1088/1751-8113/49/12/125102zbMATH Open1398.70034arXiv1506.07034OpenAlexW2246436208WikidataQ62045645 ScholiaQ62045645MaRDI QIDQ2994752FDOQ2994752

Authors: Joshua Oldham, Stefan Weigert 

Publication date: 3 August 2016

Published in: Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The periodic motion of a classical point particle in a one-dimensional double-well potential acquires a surprising degree of complexity if friction is added. Finite uncertainty in the initial state can make it impossible to predict in which of the two wells the particle will finally settle. For two models of friction, we exhibit the structure of the basins of attraction in phase space which causes the final-state sensitivity. Adding friction to an integrable system with more than one stable equilibrium emerges as a possible "route to chaos" whenever initial conditions can be specified with finite accuracy only.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1506.07034

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zbMATH Keywords

basins of attractionfrictionrandomnessdouble-well potentialsensitivity to initial conditions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Dynamical aspects of finite-dimensional Hamiltonian and Lagrangian systems (37J99) Problems involving a system of particles with friction (70F40)

Cited In (2)

• Instability and friction
• Chaos caused by non-reversible dry friction.

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