What entropy at the edge of chaos?

Abstract

Numerical experiments support the interesting conjecture that statistical methods be applicable not only to fully-chaotic systems, but also at the edge of chaos by using Tsallis' generalizations of the standard exponential and entropy. In particular, the entropy increases linearly and the sensitivity to initial conditions grows as a generalized exponential. We show that this conjecture has actually a broader validity by using a large class of deformed entropies and exponentials and the logistic map as test cases.

arXiv comment6 pages, 6 figures, uses ws-procs975x65.cls. Proceedings of the Workshop "Complexity, Metastability and Nonextensivity" held in Erice 20-26 July 2004. New version: minor changes (one reference added, typos corrected, positions of figures changed, some comments added)