Abstract
The apparent universality of the fractal dimension of the set of quasiperiodic windings at the onset of chaos in a wide class of circle maps is described by construction of a universal one-parameter family of maps which lies along the unstable manifold of the renormalization group. The manifold generates a universal ‘‘devil’s staircase’’ whose dimension agrees with direct numerical calculations. Applications to experiments are discussed.
- Received 4 March 1985
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.55.343
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