Dense chaos for continuous interval maps

Publication date 1 September 2005

Abstract: A continuous map

f

from a compact interval

I

into itself is densely (resp. generically) chaotic if the set of points

(x, y)

such that

l i m s u p_{n o + i n f t y} | f^{n} (x) - f^{n} (y) | > 0

and

l i m i n f_{n o + i n f t y} | f^{n} (x) - f^{n} (y) | = 0

is dense (resp. residual) in

I i m e s I

. We prove that if the interval map

f

is densely but not generically chaotic then there is a descending sequence of invariant intervals, each of which containing a horseshoe for

f^{2}

. It implies that every densely chaotic interval map is of type at most

6

for Sharkovsky's order (that is, there exists a periodic point of period

6

), and its topological entropy is at least

l o g 2 / 2

. We show that equalities can be realised.

Recommendations

Cited in

(22)

This page was built for publication: Dense chaos for continuous interval maps