scholarly journals A Conley-type decomposition of the strong chain recurrent set

2017 ◽  
Vol 39 (5) ◽  
pp. 1261-1274 ◽  
Author(s):  
OLGA BERNARDI ◽  
ANNA FLORIO

For a continuous flow on a compact metric space, the aim of this paper is to prove a Conley-type decomposition of the strong chain recurrent set. We first discuss in detail the main properties of strong chain recurrent sets. We then introduce the notion of strongly stable set as a closed invariant set which is the intersection of the $\unicode[STIX]{x1D714}$-limits of a specific family of nested and definitively invariant neighborhoods of itself. This notion strengthens that of stable set; moreover, any attractor turns out to be strongly stable. We then show that strongly stable sets play the role of attractors in the decomposition of the strong chain recurrent set; indeed, we prove that the strong chain recurrent set coincides with the intersection of all strongly stable sets and their complementary.

1991 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 709-729 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mike Hurley

AbstractIn the study of a dynamical systemf:X→Xgenerated by a continuous mapfon a compact metric spaceX, thechain recurrent setis an object of fundamental interest. This set was defined by C. Conley, who showed that it has two rather different looking, but equivalent, definitions: one given in terms of ‘approximate orbits’ through individual points (pseudo-orbits, or ε-chains), and the other given in terms of the global structure of the class of ‘attractors’ and ‘basins of attraction’ off. The first of these definitions generalizes directly to dynamical systems on any metric space, compact or not. The main purpose of this paper is to extend the second definition to non-compact spaces in such a way that it remains equivalent to the first.


1985 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 321-327 ◽  
Author(s):  
Louis Block ◽  
John E. Franke

AbstractCharles Conley has shown that for a flow on a compact metric space, a point x is chain recurrent if and only if any attractor which contains the & ω-limit set of x also contains x. In this paper we show that the same statement holds for a continuous map of a compact metric space to itself, and additional equivalent conditions can be given. A stronger result is obtained if the space is locally connected.It follows, as a special case, that if a map of the circle to itself has no periodic points then every point is chain recurrent. Also, for any homeomorphism of the circle to itself, the chain recurrent set is either the set of periodic points or the entire circle. Finally, we use the equivalent conditions mentioned above to show that for any continuous map f of a compact space to itself, if the non-wandering set equals the chain recurrent set then f does not permit Ω-explosions. The converse holds on manifolds.


1987 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 611-625 ◽  
Author(s):  
Romeo F. Thomas

AbstractLet h(φ) be the topological entropy of a real continuous flow φ on a compact metric space X. Introducing an equivalent definition for the topological entropy on an expansive real flow enables us to investigate the topological entropies of mutually conjugate expansive flows and estimate the periodic orbits of an expansive flow which has the pseudo-orbit tracing property.


1983 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 231-240 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Hurley

AbstractWe show that there is a residual subset of the set of C1 diffeomorphisms on any compact manifold at which the mapis continuous. As this number is apt to be infinite, we prove a localized version, which allows one to conclude that if f is in this residual set and X is an isolated chain component for f, then(i) there is a neighbourhood U of X which isolates it from the rest of the chain recurrent set of f, and(ii) all g sufficiently C1 close to f have precisely one chain component in U, and these chain components approach X as g approaches f.(ii) is interpreted as a generic non-bifurcation result for this type of invariant set.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-23
Author(s):  
TUYEN TRUNG TRUONG

Abstract A strong submeasure on a compact metric space X is a sub-linear and bounded operator on the space of continuous functions on X. A strong submeasure is positive if it is non-decreasing. By the Hahn–Banach theorem, a positive strong submeasure is the supremum of a non-empty collection of measures whose masses are uniformly bounded from above. There are many natural examples of continuous maps of the form $f:U\rightarrow X$ , where X is a compact metric space and $U\subset X$ is an open-dense subset, where f cannot extend to a reasonable function on X. We can mention cases such as transcendental maps of $\mathbb {C}$ , meromorphic maps on compact complex varieties, or continuous self-maps $f:U\rightarrow U$ of a dense open subset $U\subset X$ where X is a compact metric space. For the aforementioned mentioned the use of measures is not sufficient to establish the basic properties of ergodic theory, such as the existence of invariant measures or a reasonable definition of measure-theoretic entropy and topological entropy. In this paper we show that strong submeasures can be used to completely resolve the issue and establish these basic properties. In another paper we apply strong submeasures to the intersection of positive closed $(1,1)$ currents on compact Kähler manifolds.


2020 ◽  
pp. 1-18
Author(s):  
NIKOLAI EDEKO

Abstract We consider a locally path-connected compact metric space K with finite first Betti number $\textrm {b}_1(K)$ and a flow $(K, G)$ on K such that G is abelian and all G-invariant functions $f\,{\in}\, \text{\rm C}(K)$ are constant. We prove that every equicontinuous factor of the flow $(K, G)$ is isomorphic to a flow on a compact abelian Lie group of dimension less than ${\textrm {b}_1(K)}/{\textrm {b}_0(K)}$ . For this purpose, we use and provide a new proof for Theorem 2.12 of Hauser and Jäger [Monotonicity of maximal equicontinuous factors and an application to toral flows. Proc. Amer. Math. Soc.147 (2019), 4539–4554], which states that for a flow on a locally connected compact space the quotient map onto the maximal equicontinuous factor is monotone, i.e., has connected fibers. Our alternative proof is a simple consequence of a new characterization of the monotonicity of a quotient map $p\colon K\to L$ between locally connected compact spaces K and L that we obtain by characterizing the local connectedness of K in terms of the Banach lattice $\textrm {C}(K)$ .


Author(s):  
T. N. Palmer

A new law of physics is proposed, defined on the cosmological scale but with significant implications for the microscale. Motivated by nonlinear dynamical systems theory and black-hole thermodynamics, the Invariant Set Postulate proposes that cosmological states of physical reality belong to a non-computable fractal state-space geometry I , invariant under the action of some subordinate deterministic causal dynamics D I . An exploratory analysis is made of a possible causal realistic framework for quantum physics based on key properties of I . For example, sparseness is used to relate generic counterfactual states to points p ∉ I of unreality, thus providing a geometric basis for the essential contextuality of quantum physics and the role of the abstract Hilbert Space in quantum theory. Also, self-similarity, described in a symbolic setting, provides a possible realistic perspective on the essential role of complex numbers and quaternions in quantum theory. A new interpretation is given to the standard ‘mysteries’ of quantum theory: superposition, measurement, non-locality, emergence of classicality and so on. It is proposed that heterogeneities in the fractal geometry of I are manifestations of the phenomenon of gravity. Since quantum theory is inherently blind to the existence of such state-space geometries, the analysis here suggests that attempts to formulate unified theories of physics within a conventional quantum-theoretic framework are misguided, and that a successful quantum theory of gravity should unify the causal non-Euclidean geometry of space–time with the atemporal fractal geometry of state space. The task is not to make sense of the quantum axioms by heaping more structure, more definitions, more science fiction imagery on top of them, but to throw them away wholesale and start afresh. We should be relentless in asking ourselves: From what deep physical principles might we derive this exquisite structure? These principles should be crisp, they should be compelling. They should stir the soul. Chris Fuchs ( Gilder 2008 , p. 335)


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