ABUNDANCE OF TRAVELING WAVES IN COUPLED CIRCLE MAPS
In this paper we study the existence of traveling waves with any rational velocity in coupled circle maps. We introduce an induced map, then a traveling wave with velocity p/q corresponds to a fixed point of the induced map. Moreover, the stability of a traveling wave is equivalent to that of the corresponding fixed point. Space translational system is chaotic on the set of traveling waves with rational velocities. In addition, time evolution operator exhibits sensitivity-like behavior with respect to initial conditions. By investigating the spatial periodicity of traveling waves, we obtain infinitely many space-time periodic structures. We also consider spatial asymptoticity of these traveling waves, which leads to the existence of fronts, defect solutions and soliton-like solutions. The abundance of traveling waves may be regarded as a signature of the spatial-temporal complexity in extended systems.