Conjugacy conjecture for Lorenz-attractor first-return maps

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Let PP be the parameter space, let R0R_0 and R1R_1 be the two components of the cross-section RR, and let hv:R0R1R2h_v:R_0\cup R_1\to\mathbb{R}^2 be the map specified in Fig. S. For vPv\in P, write ψv:R0R1R\psi_v:R_0\cup R_1\to R for the first-return map of the attractor and consider its invariant set. Conjugacy conjecture. For every parameter vPv\in P, the restriction of ψv\psi_v to its invariant set is conjugate to the restriction of hvh_v to the corresponding invariant set. This conjecture proposes a measurable/topological pullback of the model dynamics to the Lorenz attractor; the source gives no resolution, and the possible expansion of points to continua is identified as the main obstruction to dense-orbit and statistical conclusions.

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Łukasz Cholewa and Eran Igra, “Kneading the Lorenz attractor”, arXiv:2511.02568 (2025).

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