On the approximation of complicated dynamical behavior

Michael Dellnitz, Oliver Junge

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Abstract

We present efficient techniques for the numerical approximation of complicated dynamical behavior. In particular, we develop numerical methods which allow us to approximate Sinai-Ruelle-Bowen (SRB)-measures as well as (almost) cyclic behavior of a dynamical system. The methods are based on an appropriate discretization of the Frobenius-Perron operator, and two essentially different mathematical concepts are used: our idea is to combine classical convergence results for finite dimensional approximations of compact operators with results from ergodic theory concerning the approximation of SRB-measures by invariant measures of stochastically perturbed systems. The efficiency of the methods is illustrated by several numerical examples.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)491-515
Number of pages25
JournalSIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis
Volume36
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Almost invariant set
  • Approximation of the Frobenius-Perron operator
  • Computation of SRB-measures
  • Computation of invariant measures
  • Cyclic behavior

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