Chaotic dynamics generated by quadratic operators on the two-dimensional simplex
摘要
Quadratic operators are known to be in one-to-one correspondence with cubic matrices, and those associated with stochastic cubic matrices preserve the simplex. It is widely believed that quadratic stochastic operators do not exhibit chaotic dynamics on the simplex. We show that this belief fails in the non-stochastic case. Specifically, we provide explicit constructions of one-dimensional and two-dimensional non-stochastic quadratic operators displaying chaotic behavior for certain parameter values. Our results are obtained via rigorous dynamical analysis and are illustrated by numerical simulations.