math 456     dynamics and geometry of chaos     fall 2024

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reference
K. Briggs A precise calculation of the Feigenbaum constants
A. Baxter, R. Umble Periodic orbits of billiards on  an equilateral triangle
C. Spandl Computational complexity of iterated maps on the interval
S. Elaydi On a converse of Sharkovsky's Theorem
B. Webb Dynamics of functions with an eventual negative Schwarzian derivative
M. Barnsley
A combinatorial characterization of the critical itineraries of an overlapping dynamical system
X. Wang, Y. Huang
Devaney's chaos revisited
A. Cima, A. Gasull, V. Manosa
On Poncelet's maps
M. Carvalho, F. Moreira
Sharkovskii order for non-wandering points
C. Bernhardt
Sharkovsky's theorem and one-dimensional combinatorial dynamics
E. Coven, I. Kan, J. Yorke
Pseudo-orbit shadowing in the tent map
E. Akin
Conceptions of topological transitivity
J. Banks, et al
On Devaney's definition of chaos
E. Glasner, P. Weiss
Sensitive dependence on initial conditions
recreational
B. Freedman
The four number game
J. Laskar
Is the solar system stable?