Systèmes dynamiques
Itération de pliages de quadrilatères
Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Tome 338 (2004) no. 3, pp. 235-238.

Partant d'un quadrilatère q0=(A1,A2,A3,A4) de 2 , on construit une suite qn=(A4n+1,…,A4n+4) de quadrilatères par itération de pliages : qn=ϕ4ϕ3ϕ2ϕ1(qn−1), où le pliage ϕj remplace le sommet numéro j par son symétrique par rapport à la diagonale opposée. Dans cette Note, nous étudions le comportement dynamique de la suite qn.

Starting with a quadrilateral q0=(A1,A2,A3,A4) of 2 , one constructs a sequence of quadrilaterals qn=(A4n+1,…,A4n+4) by iteration of foldings: qn=ϕ4ϕ3ϕ2ϕ1(qn−1) where the folding ϕj replaces the vertex number j by its symmetric with respect to the opposite diagonal.

We study the dynamical behavior of this sequence. In particular, we prove that:

– The drift v:= lim n 1 nq n exists.

– When none of the qn is isometric to q0, then the drift v is zero if and only if one has max a j + min a j 1 2a j , where a1,…,a4 are the sidelengths of q0.

– For Lebesgue almost all q0 the sequence (qnnv)n⩾1 is dense on a bounded analytic curve with a center, or an axis of symmetry. However, for Baire generic q0, the sequence (qnnv)n⩾1 is unbounded.

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DOI : 10.1016/j.crma.2003.12.011
Benoist, Yves 1 ; Hulin, Dominique 2

1 École normale supérieure-CNRS, 45, rue d'Ulm, 75230 Paris, France
2 Université Paris-Sud, bâtiment 425, Orsay 91405, France
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Benoist, Yves; Hulin, Dominique. Itération de pliages de quadrilatères. Comptes Rendus. Mathématique, Tome 338 (2004) no. 3, pp. 235-238. doi : 10.1016/j.crma.2003.12.011. http://www.numdam.org/articles/10.1016/j.crma.2003.12.011/

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