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Borel complexity of the set of generic points for an invariant measure in a minimal system
I would like to know what are possible Borel complexities of the set of generic points for a minimal topological dynamical system. The only possible complexity for which we do not know if it is ...
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When is one dynamical system an approximation of another?
I've been thinking about the question of when a discrete time dynamical system $f : X \to X$ (or possibly other objects) can be said to approximately model another dynamical system. So far I've mostly ...
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Shub Conjecture and polynomial entropy
The Shub conjecture on topological entropy $h(f)$ of self map f on manifold M says that the topological entropy is greater (or equal) than (to) the log of maximum absolute values of the ...
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Chaotic dynamics of maps on unit square that are NOT Triangular
We will denote the compact interval $[0,1]$ by $I$ and the unit square $[0,1]\times[0,1]$ by $I^2$. Triangular map on $I^2$ is a continuous map $F:I^2\to I^2$ of the form $F(x,y)=(f(x),g(x,y))$ where $...
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References on semigroup actions
I posted this question on Math Stack Exchange about 10 days ago, but received no answer (https://math.stackexchange.com/q/4843881/1223994).
I would like to ask for references on semigroup actions on ...
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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:
$$xCy\iff \forall \epsilon>0\ \...
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Weak mixing and entering time
Let $X$ be a compact metric space and $f$ a continuous map from $X$ to $X$. Is it true, that if $f$ is weakly mixing, then the entering time $$N(U,V) = \{n \in \mathbb{N}\mid f^n(U) \cap V \neq \...
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Has this metric been considered anywhere?
I posted this on math stack exchange some 10 days ago, but received no answers (https://math.stackexchange.com/q/4773194/1223994).
Let $X$ be a compact metric space and denote by $d$ the metric on $X$....
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Dynamical systems with disjoint $\omega$-limits of single points
For $X$ compact metric spaces and $f:X\to X$ continuous, is there a nice characterization of the systems $(X,f)$ for which, for every pair of points $x,y\in X$ with disjoint orbits, we have $\omega(x)\...
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First visit of intervals for an irrational rotation
I suppose that what I look for is known, but I can't find it.
Let $\left\lbrace I_n=[a_n,b_n)\right\rbrace$ and $\left\lbrace J_n=[b_n,c]\right\rbrace$ ($n\in\mathbb{N}$) be two countable families of ...
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General references on dynamics of continuous, piecewise linear interval maps
I want to find a general reference on topological and measurable dynamics of continuous piecewise linear interval maps. I am particularly interested in cases with only three pieces. Even ...
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When is a composition of homeomorphisms topologically transitive provided one of the two is?
Suppose that $S$ is a (connected) regular surface, possibly with boundary, for instance an annulus. Suppose that both $f$ and $g$ are homeomorphisms whose restriction to $\partial S$ is the identity. ...
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State of the art on: "If a dynamical system is Li-Yorke chaotic, does there exist a Cantor scrambled set?"
The following problem is presented in the paper Recent development of chaos theory in topological dynamics - by Jian Li and Xiangdong Ye :
"If a dynamical system [$(X,f)$, $X$ metric space, $f$ ...
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Examples of expansive homeomorphisms with the specification property that are neither symbolic nor factors of mixing SFT nor product of thereof
I am looking for nontrivial examples of expansive homeomorphisms with the specification property on compact metric spaces. Here, by a ``trivial'' example I understand a subshift with the specification ...
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Surjectivity for distal continuous functions on a compact metric space
Where can I find a proof that a distal continuous function of a compact metric space is surjective?
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The person asking the question Is there an elementary proof that distal maps are invertible? ...
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Construction of minimal zero entropy measure-theoretically strong mixing subshift?
Does anyone know of a construction of a subshift (over $\mathbb{Z}$) which is
(1) minimal
(2) zero (topological) entropy
(3) measure-theoretically strong mixing (for some measure)?
I am in particular ...
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Minimal actions commuting with amenable actions of $\mathbb{F}_2$
For a countable discrete group $G$ acting by homeomorphisms on a compact metrizable space $X$, we say that $G\curvearrowright X$ is (topologically) amenable if there exists a sequence of continuous ...
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Measure concentrated on the $\omega$-limit set
Let $(X,F)$ be a dynamical system with $X$ a compact metric space and $F: X\to X$ continuous. By $\omega$-limit set of a subset $A\subset X$ I mean:
$$\omega(A):= \bigcap_{n=0}^\infty \left(\overline{\...
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Is a “uniformly minimal” dynamical system ergodic?
Let $X$ be a compact metric space, and $\mu$ a probability measure on $X$ with $\text{supp} \ \mu = X$. Suppose $T: X \to X$ is continuous, measure preserving and uniformly transitive in the sense ...
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Is there an elementary proof that distal maps are invertible?
Let $T: X \to X$ be a continuous map on a compact metric space $X$. We say $T$ is distal if $\inf_n d(T^n x, T^n y) = 0$ implies $x = y$.
Then it is true that $T$ is bijective.
Question: Is there an ...
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Are topologically free and essentially free equivalent for minimal spaces with invariant measures?
Suppose $G$ is a discrete group acting by homeomorphisms on a compact Hausdorff space $X$, such that the action is minimal. Fix an invariant Radon measure $\nu$ on $X$. Is topologically free (the ...
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Non-minimal system in which every point is a full entropy point
Is there a discrete topological dynamical system $(X,f)$, where $X$ is a compact metric space (with distance $d$), which is transitive but not minimal, such that $h(f)>0$ and every point is a full ...
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Is it true that $(X,T^k)$ minimal for all $k\geq1$ implies $\mathrm{Aut}(X,T) = \mathrm{Aut}(X,T^k)$ for all $k\geq1$?
Let $(X,T)$ be a topological dynamical system ($X$ is compact metric space and $T\colon X\to X$ a homeomorphism). Recall that its automorphism group is
$$ \mathrm{Aut}(X,T) = \{g\colon X\to X : \text{$...
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Examples of minimal almost 1-to-1 extension of torus having positive entropy?
It is well known that Toeplitz subshifts are minimal almost 1-to-1 extensions of an odometer, and that some of these subshifts have positive entropy. Thus, even if a system is an almost 1-to-1 ...
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Is a set over which dynamics are topologically conjugate to a shift map on two symbols always repelling?
Consider the one-sided full shift map $\sigma$ and the associated shift space of infinite sequences in two letters $\{0,1\}^\mathbb{N}$ on which the shift map acts, equipped with the usual metric. ...
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What are some foundational authors/papers in dynamical systems?
I have just begun my first dynamical systems class, and I would like to try out the advice in the top answer here. To summarize, the answer suggests that when studying a new field, one should look at ...
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Ratner's orbit closure for a unipotent semigroup
For Ratner's orbit closure theorem, one may refer to the following Wikipedia page.
Let $\{u_t\mathrel: t\in \mathbb{R} \}\subset G$ be a unipotent one-parameter subgroup of a connected Lie group. Let $...
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Run-away functions
Let $f:\mathbb{R}\rightarrow\mathbb{R}$ be a continuous function. We say that f has the run-away property if for every compact subset $K\subseteq \mathbb{R}$ there is some positive integer N such ...
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Non-compact dynamical systems
In topological dynamics, most of the time, we consider the continuous action of a (semi)group $G$ on a compact Hausdorff space $X$. In this context, we can envelop the group in a compact left ...
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Center-stable manifold theorem on manifold with boundary
I would like to see if there is a Center-stable manifold theorem on the phase space that is a manifold with boundary.
Suppose $f:M\rightarrow M$ is a diffeomorphism, according to Theorem III.7 in "...
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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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A reference to the fact that a topologically transitive action of a group on a compact metrizable space has a dense orbit
I need a proper reference to the following obvious fact:
An action of a group $G$ on a nonempty compact metrizable space $K$ is topologically transitive (= the orbit $GU$ of any nonempty open set $...
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Decomposition into distal and proximal
For a topological group $G$ and a bounded real- or complex-valued function $f$ on $G$, the orbit closure of $f$ is the pointwise closure in the space of all bounded functions on $G$ of the orbit of $f$...
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Group actions and "transfinite dynamics"
$\DeclareMathOperator\Sym{Sym}$I have a question about what I shall name here "transfinite dynamics" because it involves iterating a topological dynamical system $G \curvearrowright X$ ...
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Reference request: Dynamical systems
I’m currently reading Brin and Stuck’s Introduction to Dynamical Systems, and I think I like the field a lot so far. I haven’t finished it quite yet, but what are some other good textbooks I can read ...
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Topological full groups and minimal orbit closures
Let $X$ be the Cantor set, and let $g$ be a minimal homeomorphism of $X$. Let $h$ be a homeomorphism in the topological full group of $g$, that is, for every $x \in X$, there is a neighbourhood of $x$...
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Topological transitivity for a self-map of $\mathbb{R}$ with finitely many discontinuities
I started working with a map $f:\mathbb{R} \to \mathbb{R}$ such that it is continuous except on a finite set. I started looking for a definition of topological transitivity and topological mixing in ...
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Equivalent Idempotents in the Ellis Semigroup
Let $(X,T)$ be a dynamical system where $T$ is a (at least countably infinite) group acting on a compact Hausdorf space $X$, and let $E(X)$ be the Ellis semigroup of this system (if we abuse notation ...
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When is every orbit closure uniquely ergodic?
Given a topological dynamical system $(X,T)$ (so that $T$ is a homeomorphism of the compact metric space $X$) and a point $x\in X$ we call the set ${\mathcal O}(x):=\overline{\{T^nx:n\in\mathbb Z\}}$ ...
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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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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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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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Hausdorff dimension = entropy/Lyapunov exponent for the baker's map?
Let $\Sigma=\{0,1\}^{\mathbb Z}$ and let $\sigma:\Sigma\to\Sigma$ be the left shift. Then it is well known that $(\Sigma, \sigma)$ is conjugate to the baker's map $B$ of the unit square:
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B(x,y) = \...
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Approximation of topological dynamical systems?
I'm trying to find references to approximations of topological dynamical systems in the following sense:
A topological dynamical system $(X, f)$ consists of a topological space (typically compact ...
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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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Is there a universal $\omega$-limit set?
For the purposes of this question, a dynamical system means a compact metric space $X$ together with a continuous map $f: X \to X$.
For $x \in X$, the $\omega$-limit set of $x$, denoted $\omega(x)$, ...
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