We introduce domain theory in dynamical systems, iterated function systems (fractals) and measure theory. For a discrete dynamical system given by the action of a continuous map f:X- X on a metric space X, we study the extended dynamical systems (l/X,l/f), (UX, U f) and (LX, Lf) where 1/, U and L are respectively the Vietoris hyperspace, the upper hyperspace and the lower hyperspace functors. We show that if (X, f) is chaotic, then so is (UX, U f). When X is locally compact UX, is a continuous bounded complete dcpo. If X is second countable as well, then UX will be omega-continuous and can be given an effective structure. We show how strange attractors, attractors of iterated function systems (fractals) and Julia sets are obtained effectively as fixed points of deterministic functions on UX or fixed points of non-deterministic functions on CUX where C is the convex (Plotkin) power domain. We also show that the set, M(X), of finite Borel measures on X can be embedded in PUX, where P is the probabilistic power domain. This provides an effective framework for measure theory. We then prove that the invariant measure of an hyperbolic iterated function system with probabilities can be obtained as the unique fixed point of an associated continuous function on PUX.

We present a survey of the recent applications of continuous domains for providing simple computational models for classical spaces in mathematics including the real line, countably based locally compact spaces, complete separable metric spaces, separable Banach spaces and spaces of probability distributions. It is shown how these models have a logical and effective presentation and how they are used to give a computational framework in several areas in mathematics and physics. These include fractal geometry, where new results on existence and uniqueness of attractors and invariant distributions have been obtained, measure and integration theory, where a generalization of the Riemann theory of integration has been developed, and real arithmetic, where a feasible setting for exact computer arithmetic has been formulated. We give a number of algorithms for computation in the theory of iterated function systems with applications in statistical physics and in period doubling route to chao...

For every metric space X , we define a continuous poset BX such that X is homeomorphic to the set of maximal elements of BX with the relative Scott topology. The poset BX is a dcpo iff X is complete, and !-continuous iff X is separable. The computational model BX is used to give domain-theoretic proofs of Banach's fixed point theorem and of two classical results of Hutchinson: on a complete metric space, every hyperbolic iterated function system has a unique non-empty compact attractor, and every iterated function system with probabilities has a unique invariant measure with bounded support. We also show that the probabilistic power domain of BX provides an !-continuous computational model for measure theory on a separable complete metric space X . 1 Introduction In this paper, we establish new connections between the theory of metric spaces and domain theory, the two basic mathematical structures in computer science. For every metric space X, we define a continuous poset (not necessar...