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Existence of continuous map on real numbers with dense orbit?
Does there exist a continuous map $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow \mathbb{R}$ such that the forward orbit of 0 is dense in $\mathbb{R}$?
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Is there a topologically mixing and minimal homeomorphism on the circle (or on $\mathbb S^2$)?
The irrational rotation on the circle is both a homeomorphism and minimal but is not topologically mixing. The argument-doubling transformation on the circle is topologically mixing but is neither a ...
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Is there an elementary proof that distal maps are invertible?
Let $T: X \to X$ be a continuous map on a compact metric space $X$. We say $T$ is distal if $\inf_n d(T^n x, T^n y) = 0$ implies $x = y$.
Then it is true that $T$ is bijective.
Question: Is there an ...
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Can the full shift be embedded in a flow?
Write $I=[0,1]$, and let $S$ be the shift on $X=\{ (x_n)_{n\in\mathbb Z} : x_n\in I^k \}$. Is there a flow $\phi_t$ on $X$ with $\phi_1=S$? Here I require that $\phi_t$, for fixed $t$, is at least a ...
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Random suborbits of a rotation
Let $u_n = x + n\alpha \pmod 1$ with $\alpha$ irrational. We know that $(u_n)_{n \geq 0}$ is dense in $\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$ (equivalently $(u_n)_{n \geq 0}$ visits every open interval infinitely ...
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Chain components and posets
Let $(X,f)$ be a topological dynamical system ($f$ continuous, $X$ compact, metric with distance $d$).
Let $C\subseteq X^2$ indicate the chain recurrence relation:
$$xCy\iff \forall \epsilon>0\ \...
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Is there a minimal, topologically mixing but not positively expansive dynamical system?
Is there a compact metric space $X$ and a function $f:X\to X$ such that the dynamical system $(X, f)$ has the following three properties?
minimal
topologically mixing (a map $f$ is topologically ...
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