BIFURCATION STRUCTURES IN A BIMODAL PIECEWISE LINEAR MAP: REGULAR DYNAMICS

Abstract

We consider a family of piecewise linear bimodal maps having the outermost slopes positive and less than one. Three types of bifurcation structures incorporated into the parameter space of the map are described. These structures are formed by periodicity regions related to attracting cycles, namely, the skew tent map structure is associated with periodic points on two adjacent branches of the map, the period adding structure is related to periodic points on the outermost branches, and the fin structure is contiguous with the period adding structure and is associated with attracting cycles having at most one point on the middle branch. Analytical expressions for the periodicity region boundaries are obtained using the map replacement technique.