On nonlinear fractional maps: Nonlinear maps with power-law memory

Abstract

This article is a short review of the recent results on properties of nonlinear fractional maps which are maps with power- or asymptotically power-law memory. These maps demonstrate the new type of attractors - cascade of bifurcations type trajectories, power-law convergence/divergence of trajectories, period doubling bifurcations with changes in the memory parameter, intersection of trajectories, and overlapping of attractors. In the limit of small time steps these maps converge to nonlinear fractional differential equations.