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Stefano Galatolo¹, Julien Sedro²

¹Dipartimento di Matematica, Università di Pisa, Largo Bruno Pontecorvo 5, 56127 Pisa, Italy.

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This study introduces a general framework to rigorously calculate how dynamical systems statistically respond to small perturbations. It provides formulas for linear and quadratic response terms, applicable to both deterministic and random systems.

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Area of Science:

Statistical mechanics
Dynamical systems theory
Perturbation theory

Background:

Understanding how statistical properties of dynamical systems change under perturbations is crucial.
Existing methods often lack rigorous convergence guarantees for higher-order response terms.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a general framework for calculating linear and quadratic higher-order response terms.
To provide rigorous convergence and formulas for these response terms.
To demonstrate the framework's applicability to diverse systems.

Main Methods:

Derivation of formulas for linear and quadratic response terms.
Analysis of the first and second derivatives of the stationary measure.
Application of the framework to specific models.

Main Results:

A general, flexible framework for computing higher-order response terms is established.
Rigorous convergence and explicit formulas for linear and quadratic response are derived.
The method is successfully applied to Arnold maps with additive noise and deterministic expanding maps.

Conclusions:

The developed framework offers a robust method for analyzing the statistical response of dynamical systems.
The findings are applicable to a broad range of deterministic and random systems.
This work advances the understanding of system dynamics under perturbation.