Let $G$ be a Lie group whose lie algebra is $\mathfrak{g}$ with exponential map $exp:\mathfrak{g}\to G$. For what kind of Lie group $G$ the standard process of definition of rotation number for circle homeomorphisms work well? Namely for every homeomorphism $f:G\to G$ there is a homeomorphism $F:\mathfrak{g}\to \mathfrak{g}$ with $exp\circ F=f\circ exp$ and the limit of $$\frac{F^n(x)-x}{n}$$ as n goes to infinity exists? >This limit as an element of the Lie algebra would be called the rotation element. What is a precise example for which this process work(other than $S^1$)? Is it equivalents to the [exponential to be a covering map](https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/3190787/when-is-exponential-map-from-lie-algebra-to-lie-group-a-covering-map)?