FRACTAL AGGREGATION OF BASIN ISLANDS IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL QUADRATIC NONINVERTIBLE MAPS

Abstract

Properties of basins of noninvertible maps of the plane are studied by using the method of critical curves. The paper considers the simplest class of quadratic maps, that having a phase plane made up of two regions, one with two first rank preimages, the other with no preimage, in situations different from those described in a previous publication. More specifically, the considered quadratic maps give rise to a basin made up of infinitely many nonconnected regions, a parameter variation leading to an aggregation of these regions, which occur in a fractal way. The nonconnected regions, different from that containing an attracting set, are called "islands".