arXiv · 0808.3954
Emerging attractors and the transition from dissipative to conservative dynamics
Abstract
The topological structure of basin boundaries plays a fundamental role in the sensitivity to the initial conditions in chaotic dynamical systems. Herewith we present a study on the dynamics of dissipative systems close to the Hamiltonian limit, emphasising the increasing number of periodic attractors and on the structural changes in their basin boundaries as the dissipation approaches zero. We show numerically that a power law with nontrivial exponent describes the growth of the total number of periodic attractors as the damping is decreased. We also establish that for small scales the dynamics is governed by \emph{effective} dynamical invariants, whose measure depends not only on the region of the phase space, but also on the scale under consideration. Therefore, our results show that the concept of effective invariants is also relevant for dissipative systems.
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Christian S. Rodrigues, Alessandro P. S. de Moura, Celso Grebogi. 2009-07-17. Emerging attractors and the transition from dissipative to conservative dynamics. https://doi.org/10.1103/physreve.80.026205
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