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arxiv: chao-dyn/9909009 · v1 · submitted 1999-09-06 · chao-dyn · nlin.CD

Lyapunov exponents and Kolmogorov-Sinai entropy for a high-dimensional convex billiard

classification chao-dyn nlin.CD
keywords chaosentropyexponentshigh-dimensionallyapunovsystembilliardconvex
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We compute the Lyapunov exponents and the Kolmogorov-Sinai (KS) entropy for a self-bound N-body system that is realized as a convex billiard. This system exhibits truly high-dimensional chaos, and 2N-4 Lyapunov exponents are found to be positive. The KS entropy increases linearly with the numbers of particles. We examine the chaos generating defocusing mechanism and investigate how high-dimensional chaos develops in this system with no dispersing elements.

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