Conditional memory loss for open dynamical systems
April 1, 2013
1:00 pm 646 PGH
Abstract
The theory of nonequilibrium (time-dependent) open dynamical systems is
(naturally) much less developed than that of equilibrium closed systems. By
nonequilibrium, we mean that the dynamical model itself varies in time.
Unlike the setting of random dynamical systems, we do not assume any
statistical knowledge of how the model evolves in time. By open, we mean
that the phase space contains holes through which mass may escape. Studies
of equilibrium (time-independent) open systems often focus on the existence
of conditionally invariant measures and escape rates. Such conditionally
invariant measures will not exist if the system is out of equilibrium. In
this talk we discuss the concept of conditional memory loss for
nonequilibrium open systems and we show that this type of memory loss
occurs at an exponential rate for nonequilibrium open systems generated by
one-dimensional piecewise-differentiable expanding Lasota-Yorke maps using
convex cones and the Hilbert projective metric. We also explicitly estimate
this rate.
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