From 1D Endomorphism to Multidimensional Hénon Map: Persistence of Bifurcation Structure

The renowned 2D invertible Hénon map turns into 1D noninvertible quadratic map when its leading parameter [Formula: see text] becomes zero. This well-known link was studied by Mira who demonstrated that the bifurcation set of Hénon diffeomorphism is similar to his “box-within-a-box” bifurcation structure of 1D endomorphism. In general, such similarity has not been strictly established, especially in multidimensional cases. In this paper, we proved that the Mira bifurcation structure of a quadratic noninvertible map persists when the parameter increases from zero and the map turns into an invertible multidimensional generalized Hénon map. The changes of periodic and homoclinic orbits and chaotic attractors at this transition are described. We proved the existence of Newhouse regions is different from those Mira boxes that accumulate to the homoclinic bifurcations.