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Liapunov stability and adding machines

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Jorge Buescu and
Ian Stewart
Jorge Buescu
Affiliation:
Nonlinear Systems Laboratory, Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
Ian Stewart
Affiliation:
Nonlinear Systems Laboratory, Mathematics Institute, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, UK
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Abstract

Let X be a locally connected locally compact metric space and f: X → X a continuous map. Let A be a compact transitive set under f. If A is asymptotically stable, then it has finitely many connected components, which are cyclically permuted. If it is Liapunov stable, then A may have infinitely many connected components. Our main result states that these form a Cantor set on which f is topologically conjugate to an adding machine. A number of consequences are derived, including a complete classification of compact transitive sets for continuous maps of the interval and the Liapunov instability of the invariant Cantor set of Denjoy maps of the circle.

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Ergodic Theory and Dynamical Systems , Volume 15 , Issue 2 , April 1995, pp. 271 - 290
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1995

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