Rendezvous with Sensitivity

Anima Nagar

Published 2019-01-19Version 1

Let $(X,d)$ be a compact metric space and $f:X \to X$ be a self-map. The compact dynamical system $(X,f)$ is called sensitive or sensitivity depends on initial conditions, if there is a positive constant $\delta$ such that in each non-empty open subset there are distinct points whose iterates will be $\delta-$apart at same instance. This dynamical property, though being a very weak one, brings in the essence of unpredictability in the system. In this article, we survey various sensitivities and some properties implied by and implying such sensitivities.