Henon-like maps with arbitrary stationary combinatorics

Abstract

We extend the renormalisation operator introduced in \cite{dCML} from period-doubling Hénon-like maps to Hénon-like maps with arbitrary stationary combinatorics. We show the renormalisation picture holds also holds in this case if the maps are taken to be \emph{strongly dissipative}. We study infinitely renormalisable maps $F$ and show they have an invariant Cantor set $\mathcal{O}$ on which $F$ acts like a $p$-adic adding machine for some $p>1$. We then show, as for the period-doubling case in \cite{dCML}, the sequence of renormalisations have a universal form, but the invariant Cantor set $\mathcal{O}$ is non-rigid. We also show $\mathcal{O}$ cannot possess a continuous invariant line field.

62 pages, 5 figures