Symmetry of lyapunov exponents in bifurcation structures of one-dimensional maps

Abstract

We observe a symmetry of Lyapunov exponents in bifurcation structures of one-dimensional maps in which there exists a pair of parameter values in a dynamical system such that two dynamical systems with these paired parameter values have the same Lyapunov exponent. We show that this is a consequence of the presence of an invariant transformation from a dynamical system with one of the two paired parameter values to that with another parameter value, which does not change m natures of dynamical systems.