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Natural Invariant

Let $\rho(x)\,dx$ be the fraction of time a typical dynamical Orbit spends in the interval $[x,x+dx]$, and let $\rho(x)$ be normalized such that

\begin{displaymath}
\int_0^\infty \rho(x)\,dx=1
\end{displaymath}

over the entire interval of the map. Then the fraction the time an Orbit spends in a finite interval $[a,b]$, is given by

\begin{displaymath}
\int_a^b \rho(x)\,dx.
\end{displaymath}

The natural invariant is also called the Invariant Density or Natural Density.




© 1996-9 Eric W. Weisstein
1999-05-25