Basins of attraction and escape in the Lozi map

Abstract

For the Lozi map $L_{a,b}$, we consider parameter pairs for which the fixed point $X$ in the first quadrant has no homoclinic points and the period-two orbit $\{P,P'\}$ is attracting. For such parameters, let $\ell$ denote the set of accumulation points of the unstable manifold $W_X^u$ that do not belong to $W_X^u$. We completely classify the forward asymptotic behavior of points in the phase space. The forward orbit of every point in the plane either converges to $X$, to the other fixed point $Y$ in the third quadrant, or to $\ell$, or it escapes to infinity. The global phase space is organized by the stable manifolds of the fixed points: $W_Y^s$ separates the basin of $\ell$ from the region of escaping orbits, while $W_X^s$ is the exceptional set of points whose orbits converge to $X$. In particular, if $\mathcal{A}_1$ denotes the component of $\mathbb{R}^2 \setminus W_Y^s$ containing $X$, then $\mathcal{A}_1 \setminus W_X^s$ is precisely the basin of attraction of $\ell$.