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Extreme values for Benedicks-Carleson quadratic maps

Abstract

We consider the quadratic family of maps given by fa(x)=1ax2f_{a}(x)=1-a x^2 with x[1,1]x\in [-1,1], where aa is a Benedicks-Carleson parameter. For each of these chaotic dynamical systems we study the extreme value distribution of the stationary stochastic processes X0,X1,...X_0,X_1,..., given by Xn=fanX_{n}=f_a^n, for every integer n0n\geq0, where each random variable XnX_n is distributed according to the unique absolutely continuous, invariant probability of faf_a. Using techniques developed by Benedicks and Carleson, we show that the limiting distribution of Mn=max{X0,...,Xn1}M_n=\max\{X_0,...,X_{n-1}\} is the same as that which would apply if the sequence X0,X1,...X_0,X_1,... was independent and identically distributed. This result allows us to conclude that the asymptotic distribution of MnM_n is of Type III (Weibull).

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