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Recognize this metric? Do you have a name for this metric on the product of spheres?
Take the product $S^2 \times S^2$ of two two-spheres,
but perturb the product metric as follows.
Think of each $S^2$ as the unit two-sphere in Euclidean 3-space
in the standard way
so that for $p ...
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Singular continuous ergodic measures for the map $z \to z^2$
Where can I find the details of constructing singular continuous ergodic measures for the map $z \to z^2$ on the unit circle? I know that it was done by Furstenberg, but I could not find it explicitly ...
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Examples of discrete-space continuous-time dynamical systems
Something that I see occur repeatedly in my work is the need for formal notions of discrete-space continuous-time dynamics — these are generally realized as digital oscillators that are interact using ...
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Gibbs measure as stationary distribution of SDEs
I have been trying to understand how one can mathematically explain some of the results from statistical mechanics, especially regarding certain distributions like the Gibbs distribution. It would be ...
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Stability of ODEs with polynomial nonlinearity
Consider the following ODE system:
$$
x′=f(x)\iff
\begin{pmatrix}
x_1^\prime \\
\vdots\\
x_k^\prime\\
\vdots\\
x_n ^\prime
\end{pmatrix} =
\begin{pmatrix}
f_1(x) \\
\vdots\\
f_k(x)\\
\vdots\\
f_n(x)
\...
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Reference request on dynamics and hyperbolic dynamics (hyperbolicity in absence of periodic orbits)
I would appreciate if you introduce me a reference (paper or book) who address the concept of hyperbolic dynamics but with emphasis on absence of periodic orbits. a possible ...
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What conditions on the rate matrix $Q$ ensure unique convergence in continuous-time Markov chains?
In the study of discrete-time Markov chains, the conditions under which all initial distributions converge to a unique stationary distribution are well-understood. Specifically, if the transition ...
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Lengths of closed geodesics and geodesic segments
Let $M$ be a closed Riemannian manifold of dimension $n \geq 2$. I am looking at sufficient conditions for the following two properties:
existence of closed geodesics of arbitrarily long length on $M$...
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When is one dynamical system an approximation of another?
I've been thinking about the question of when a discrete time dynamical system $f : X \to X$ (or possibly other objects) can be said to approximately model another dynamical system. So far I've mostly ...
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Is it likely that gradient flow trajectories of a $G$-invariant function pass through degenerate points?
This question may be posed somewhat vaguely, but I'm interested to actually get an idea of what to expect, so I try to not target it at a specific result.
Assume that $G$ is a compact Lie group, ...
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Square root of an Anosov diffeomorphism
Let $T\colon \mathbb T^d\to\mathbb T^d$ be an Anosov diffeomorphism (that is, the tangent bundle splits into invariant stable and unstable bundles; the restriction of $DT$ to the unstable bundle is ...
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Recognizability of a substitution implies aperiodicity
Is there a good reference, aside from the book of "Tilings and Patterns" by Grunbaum and Shephard, on the fact that recognizability\unique-composition of a tiling implies aperiodicity? I ...
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Asymptotic growth rate for primitve S-adic systems
It is known that for a primitive substitution $S:\mathcal{A}\to \mathcal{A}^+$, there exists constants $c,C>0$ such that
$$ c\theta_S^n \leq \vert S^n(a)\vert \leq C \theta_S^n \quad \text{for all} ...
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Two questions on one-dimensional dynamical systems
(1) For $\beta>1$ let $T_{\beta}:[0,1)\to [0,1)$ be given by $T_{\beta}(x)=\{\beta x\}$, where $\{\cdot\}$ denotes the non-integer part of real number. It is classical result (due to Parry I think) ...
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Stability of rigid bodies spinning around $z$-axis under gravity
Consider the problem of a rigid body rotating in 3D space under gravity with one point fixed. I am particularly curious about the equilibrium state where the body is spinning at a constant angular ...
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Topological entropy of semi-conjugated dynamical systems
Let $(X,T)$ and $(Y,G)$ be topological dynamical systems. If $(Y,G)$ is a factor of $(X,T)$ it is well known and easy to proof that $h(G)\le h(T)$ , where $h$ denotes the topological entropy. If the ...
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Devaney chaos and topological entropy
I am searching for dynamical systems on compact spaces which are Devaney chaotic but have topological entropy zero. On the interval such systems do not exist. I think on the Cantor space and on the ...
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Regularization for Newtonian n-body collisions in $\mathbb{R}^3$
In working with binary collisions in the Hamiltonian formulation of the Newtonian $n$-body problem, two common regularization techniques that deal with binary collisions are the Levi-Civita technique, ...
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References on semigroup actions
I posted this question on Math Stack Exchange about 10 days ago, but received no answer (https://math.stackexchange.com/q/4843881/1223994).
I would like to ask for references on semigroup actions on ...
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Where can I find resources for a paper "Stability analysis of a novel DDE of HIV CD4+ T-cells"?
I am currently working on a the paper [NND]:
Question:
On page 4, equation 6 introduces a concept related to the infection rate within the context of the HIV model. Unfortunately, the paper does not ...
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Rate of convergence for Markov chain in random environment
Let $(\Omega,\mathfrak{F},\mathbb{P})$ be a probability space and $\sigma:\Omega\to\Omega$ be an ergodic, invertible and measure preserving transformation. Consider a family of column stochastic ...
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Name for a product of actions / dynamical systems
Suppose $G \curvearrowright X, H \curvearrowright Y$ are group (or monoid) actions, or dynamical systems. Then $X \times Y$ is a $G \times H$-system of the same type in the obvious way by $(g, h) \...
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Bias of DS literature to polynomial ODEs
In the literature on continuous time dynamical system, we generally deal with an open set $U \subset \mathbb{R}^n$ and a vector field $F: U \rightarrow \mathbb{R}^n$ and define a DS by the ODE
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References for derivative w.r.t. initial condition of an ODE
Let $b:\mathbb R_+ \times \mathbb R^d \to \mathbb R^d$ be measurable such that for all $n \in \mathbb N$ we have
$$
\sup_{t \ge 0} |b(t, 0)| + \sup_{t \ge 0} \sup_{x \in \mathbb R^d} |\nabla^n_x b (t, ...
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Maximal number of aperiodic Wang tiles
I was wondering whether there is an analogue result to the minimality of Wang tiling, in the direction of maximality.
I think that the paper by Jeandel and Rao, shows that the minimal number of Wang ...
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Ergodicity of linear dynamical systems and convergence of covariance matrices
Let $z(n+1)=Bz(n)+\xi(n+1)$ be an $N$-dimensional linear dynamical system with $\left(\xi(n)\right)_{n\in\mathbb{N}}$ being i.i.d. with $\xi(n)\sim\mathcal{N}(0,\Sigma_{\xi})$.
Assumptions: a) The ...
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the second largest eigenvalue of transfer operators
A Gauss map $T$ is mixing and satisfies Lasota-York inequalities. By Henon's theorem, we know that the transfer operator $\hat{T}$ associated with $T$ has a spectral gap. This means there exists a ...
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Automorphism groups of subshifts and factor maps
Let $\pi : X \to Y$ be a factor map between subshifts over finite alphabets.
Let $\operatorname{Aut}(X)$ and $\operatorname{Aut}(Y)$ stand for automorphism groups of these shifts.
We say that $\varphi ...
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Roadmap to Ergodic Theory
I have recently been interested in going deeper into ergodic theory, beyond an introductory level of knowledge. Background wise, my training has mostly been in stochastic analysis, and I have a ...
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Correlation decay rate
Let $T$ be a continuous transformation of a probability measure space $(X,\mathcal{B}(X),\mu)$ and
$\varphi ,\phi \in L^2(\mu)$ (so-called observable) . The correlation function of $\varphi ,\phi$ (a ...
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critical size of large systems of interacting particles for mean field approximation
When studying large systems of interacting particles, most of the work rely on mean field approximation by assuming that the number of particle goes to infinity. This allows to study the collective ...
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Is the weighted shift strong frequently hypercyclic?
One sided Shift
Let be $M$ separable metric space. Consider $X=M^{\mathbb{N}}$ the sequence space equipped with the product metric $d(x,y)=\sum_{i=1}^\infty |x_i-y_i|/2^i$ . Define the shift map $\...
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Trapped vs. nonwandering points
For a continuous flow on a topological space the concept of a nonwandering point (in forward/backward time) is well-known. Another useful concept (for example from the point of view of scattering ...
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Approximation of subshifts in Hausdorff distance
I have recently been interested in some questions which stem from taking subshifts which converge to a limiting subshift in the Hausdorff metric.
More specifically, given an alphabet $\mathcal{A}$, I ...
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Finite number of ergodic random Dirac measures
Let $\Omega$ be a Polish locally compact space and $(\Omega, \mathscr{F}, \mathbb{P})$ be a probability space. Consider a measurable map
\begin{align*}
\theta\colon T\times \Omega &\to \Omega\\
(t,...
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A variation of domino tiling problem with fusions
I know several specific variations of the domino tiling problem has been determined to be decidable or undecidable, such as the seed domino problem. I have a variation which I have not been able to ...
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Growing gliders under rule 110
I found a glider in the evolution space of rule 110 that grows constantly in size. Normal gliders live in the so-called ether, e.g. the so-called E-glider:
Other – often complex – gliders exist in an ...
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Reference on relation between SFTs and Wang-tiles
I've been looking at several papers which allude to a relation between SFTs. Namely, given an SFT $\Omega \subseteq \mathcal{A}^{\mathbb{Z}^2}$ with allowed patches $\mathcal{F}$, we can associate a ...
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Dynamical systems with disjoint $\omega$-limits of single points
For $X$ compact metric spaces and $f:X\to X$ continuous, is there a nice characterization of the systems $(X,f)$ for which, for every pair of points $x,y\in X$ with disjoint orbits, we have $\omega(x)\...
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Easiest self-contained proof of the Jewett–Krieger theorem?
Does anyone have a go-to reference for a proof of the Jewett–Krieger theorem in dynamical systems/ergodic theory? It's quite technical and I'd like to have something to show students. The best I ...
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First visit of intervals for an irrational rotation
I suppose that what I look for is known, but I can't find it.
Let $\left\lbrace I_n=[a_n,b_n)\right\rbrace$ and $\left\lbrace J_n=[b_n,c]\right\rbrace$ ($n\in\mathbb{N}$) be two countable families of ...
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Anosov flow on the 2-sphere
Is there a simple proof that there is no Anosov flow on $S^2$? Where can I find it?
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Lower bounds for pattern complexity of aperiodic subshifts
In the setting of symbolic dynamics over $\mathbb{Z}^d$, one can define for the $n$-th pattern complexity of a given a subshift $\Omega\subseteq \mathcal{A}^{\mathbb{Z}^d}$ as
$$ c_n(\Omega):= \Big\...
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General references on dynamics of continuous, piecewise linear interval maps
I want to find a general reference on topological and measurable dynamics of continuous piecewise linear interval maps. I am particularly interested in cases with only three pieces. Even ...
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Non-recurrent points of $F(a,b)=(b,ba)$ in a compact metric group $G$
Consider a compact metric group $G$ [A compact topological group $G$ where the topology is generated by an invariant metric]. I am particularly interested in the case where $G$ is the $n$-dimensional ...
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Ergodic diffeomorphisms of the circle
From the paper
Halmos, Paul R., In general a measure preserving transformation is mixing, Ann. Math. (2) 45, 786-792 (1944). ZBL0063.01889.
the following result is known: Let $(E,\Sigma, \mu)$ be a ...
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Reference for rigidity of higher rank action
I heard some results about the rigidity of higher rank action and it looks very interesting. I would like to know if there are any good survey of paper to get started in this field. Thank you in ...
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Malliavin-Shavgulidze (type) measures on the group of measure-preserving invertible maps on $\mathbb T$?
The Malliavin-Shavgulidze measures on $\operatorname{Diff}^{1}(I)$ (with $I$ an interval of $\mathbb R$) are defined as the image $W_{\sigma} \circ f^{-1}$ of the Wiener measure $W_{\sigma}$ with ...
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The Logistic map have subexponential decay of correlation?
I was looking for information about the correlation decay of the logistic map, more precisely if there is any parameter for which its decay is subexponential, in which case I would like to know if it ...
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Analytically characterizing basins of attraction boundaries and sizes
While I understand that doing the above is not possible in general, I would like to know more about how to proceed when it is possible. That is, what are the common methods people use to analytically ...
