ORDER AND CHAOS FOR A CLASS OF PIECEWISE LINEAR MAPS

Abstract

For a class of piecewise linear maps f: I → I from a compact interval I into itself, we describe the asymptotic behavior of the sequence [Formula: see text] for almost all x ∈ I. We also study in this setting the relations among sensitive dependence on initial conditions, existence of scrambled sets of positive measure and existence of absolutely continuous invariant measures.