Let
E,F⊂R be two given closed intervals, and let
τ: E →
F and
θ: F →
E be continuous maps. In this paper, we consider Koto’s chaos, sensitivity and accessibility of a given system
Ψ(u,v)=(θ(v),τ(u)) on a given product space
E ×
F where
u ∈
E and
v ∈
F . In particular, it is proved that for any Cournot map
Ψ(u,v)=(θ(v),τ(u)) on the product space
E ×
F, the following hold:
- (1)
If Ψ satisfies Kato’s definition of chaos then at least one of Ψ2|Q1 and Ψ2|Q2 does, where Q1={(θ(v),v):v∈F} and Q2={(u,τ(u)):u∈E}.
- (2)
Suppose that Ψ2|Q1 and Ψ2|Q2 satisfy Kato’s definition of chaos, and that the maps θ and τ satisfy that for any ε > 0, if
andfor some integers n, m > 0, then there is an integer l(n, m, ε) > 0 withandThen Ψ satisfies Kato’s definition of chaos.