We uncover the dynamics at the chaos threshold mu(infinity) of the logistic map and find that it consists of trajectories made of intertwined power laws that reproduce the entire period-doubling cascade that occurs for mu<mu(infinity). We corroborate this structure analytically via the Feigenbaum renormalization-group (RG) transformation and find that the sensitivity to initial conditions has precisely the form of a q exponential, of which we determine the q index and the q-generalized Lyapunov coefficient lambda(q). Our results are an unequivocal validation of the applicability of the nonextensive generalization of Boltzmann-Gibbs statistical mechanics to critical points of nonlinear maps.

Universal renormalization-group dynamics at the onset of chaos in logistic maps and nonextensive statistical mechanics

BALDOVIN, FULVIO;
2002

Abstract

We uncover the dynamics at the chaos threshold mu(infinity) of the logistic map and find that it consists of trajectories made of intertwined power laws that reproduce the entire period-doubling cascade that occurs for mu
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