We study the relationship between the Lyapunov exponents of the geodesic flow of a closed negatively curved manifold and the geometry of the manifold. We show that if each periodic orbit of the geodesic flow has exactly one Lyapunov exponent on the unstable bundle then the manifold has constant negative curvature. We also show under a curvature pinching condition that equality of all Lyapunov e...

Inasmuch as Lyapunov exponents provide a necessary condition for chaos in a dynamical system, confidence bounds on estimated Lyapunov exponents are of great interest. Estimates derived either from observations or from numerical integrations are limited to trajectories of finite length, and it is the uncertainties in (the distribution of) these finite time Lyapunov exponents which are of interes...

Given an orbit whose linearization has invariant subspaces satisfying some non-resonance conditions in the exponential rates of growth, we prove existence of invariant manifolds tangent to these subspaces. The exponential rates of growth can be understood either in the sense of Lyapunov exponents or in the sense of exponential dichotomies. These manifolds can correspond to “slow manifolds”, whi...

Intuitively, black hole binaries are obvious candidates for chaotic dynamics. Firstly, they are highly non-linear systems and chaos is an expression of extreme nonlinearity. Secondly, there are isolated unstable orbits around a Schwarzschild black hole, and unstable orbits are a red flag for the onset of chaos. Surely the orbits only become more unstable and more complex when there are two blac...

We consider normal covers of CP with abelian deck group, branched over at most four points. Families of such covers yield arithmetic Teichmüller curves, whose period mapping may be described geometrically in terms of Schwarz triangle mappings. These Teichmüller curves are generated by abelian square-tiled surfaces. We compute all individual Lyapunov exponents for abelian squaretiled surfaces, a...

Recently, a new algorithm for the computation of covariant Lyapunov vectors and of corresponding local Lyapunov exponents has become available. Here we study the properties of these still unfamiliar quantities for a simple model representing a harmonic oscillator coupled to a thermal gradient with a two-stage thermostat, which leaves the system ergodic and fully time reversible. We explicitly d...

The Q-state Potts model on the Bethe lattice is investigated for Q < 2. The magnetization of this model exhibits complicated behavior including both period doubling bifurcation and chaos. The Lyapunov exponents of the Potts–Bethe map are considered as order parameters. A scaling behavior in the distribution of Lyapunov exponents in the fully developed chaotic case is found. Using the canonical ...

Based on Lyapunov-exponent generation and the Gram-Schimdt orthogonalization, analysis and design of some anti-controlled higher-dimensional hyperchaotic systems are investigated in this paper. First, some theoretical results for Lyapunov-exponent generating algorithms are proposed. Then, the relationship between the number of Lyapunov exponents and the number of positive real parts of the eige...