We use a new method to construct a class of strongly uniformly distributed D-sequences. Such sequences are used to determine ergodic measure-preserving transformations.

Let (X, S) be a shift of finite type. Let G be the group of automorphisms of (X, S) which are compositions of elements of finite order in the kernel of the dimension representation. We characterize the action of G on finite subsystems of (X, S).

We sharpen a result of Boyle, Marcus and Trow as follows. An aperiodic shift of finite type ΣA factors onto another ΣB with equal entropy by a 1-to-l almost everywhere right-closing map if and only if (1) the dimension group for ΣB is a quotient of that for ΣA; and (2) ΣA and ΣB satisfy the trivial periodic point condition for existence of a shift-commuting map from ΣA to ΣB.

The paper discusses the connectivity of periodic and preperiodic domains in the stable set in the iteration of a meromorphic function. The connectivity of an invariant component has one of the values 1, 2, ∞. Examples are constructed to show that the connectivity of a preperiodic component may take any value.

We prove that if F is an orientation-preserving homeomorphism of the plane that leaves invariant a continuum Λ which irreducibly separates the plane into exactly two domains, then the convex hull of the rotation set of F restricted to Λ is a closed interval and each reduced rational in this interval is the rotation number of a periodic orbit in Λ. We also show that the interior and exterior rotation numbers of F associated with Λ are contained in the convex hull of the rotation set of F restricted to Λ and that if this set is nondegenerate then Λ is an indecomposable continuum.

For functions meromorphic in the plane, apart from an exceptional case, the Julia set J is the closure of the set of all preimages of poles. The repelling periodic cycles are dense in J. In contrast with the case of transcendental entire functions, J may be a subset of a straight line and general classes of functions for which this is the case can be determined. J may also lie on a quasicircle through infinity which is not a straight line.

We show that any symplectic Anosov diffeomorphism of a four torus T4 with sufficiently smooth stable and unstable foliations is smoothly conjugate to a linear hyperbolic automorphism of T4.

The aim of this paper is to prove that any transitive constant-to-one extension of a coded system is still coded. The corresponding statement for sofic systems is false, and it is an open question whether it is true for subshifts of finite type.

For certain Cr 3-dimensional cooperative or competitive vector fields F, where r is any positive integer, it is shown that for any nonwandering point p, every neighborhood of F in the Cr topology contains a vector field for which p is periodic, and which agrees with F outside a given neighborhood of p. The proof is based on the existence of invariant planar surfaces through p.

Let us consider (Ω, , μ, G) a measure-preserving dynamical system, (Ω, , μ) is a probability space. The group G, which is supposed to be either ℤd or ℝd (d ≥ 1), acts on Ω by measure-preserving transformations. This action is denned by a map

which is jointly measurable, such that Tx+y = TxTy and Txμ = μ

The n-od is defined to be the set of all complex numbers z such that zn is a real number in the interval [0,1], i.e., a central point with n copies of the unit interval attached at their endpoints. Given a space X and a function f:X → X, Per (f) is defined to be the set {k: f has for a point of (least) period k, k a positive integer}. The main result of this paper is to give, for each n, a complete characterization of all possible sets Per (f), where f ranges over all continuous functions on the n-od.

We show that the only hyperbolic toral automorphisms f for which there exist Markov partitions with piecewise smooth boundary are those for which a power fk is linearly covered by a direct product of automorphisms of the 2-torus. Only a finite number of shapes occur in a certain natural set of cross-sections of the partition boundary. The behavior of the stratified structure of a piecewise smooth boundary under the mapping forces these shapes to be self-similar. This, together with expanding properties of the mapping, means that a piecewise smooth partition is in fact piecewise linear. Orbits of affine disks in the boundary are used to construct a basis of 2-dimensional invariant toral subgroups, and then the product decomposition of a covering follows easily.

We improve and extend a result due to M. Kanai about rigidity of geodesic flows on closed Riemannian manifolds of negative curvature whose stable or unstable horospheric foliation is smooth. More precisely, the main results proved here are: (1) Let M be a closed C∞ Riemannian manifold of negative sectional curvature. Assume the stable or unstable foliation of the geodesic flow φt: V → V on the unit tangent bundle V of M is C∞. Assume, moreover, that either (a) the sectional curvature of M satisfies −4 < K ≤ −1 or (b) the dimension of M is odd. Then the geodesic flow of M is C∞-isomorphic (i.e., conjugate under a C∞ diffeomorphism between the unit tangent bundles) to the geodesic flow on a closed Riemannian manifold of constant negative curvature. (2) For M as above, assume instead of (a) or (b) that dim M ≡ 2(mod 4). Then either the above conclusion holds or φ1, is C∞-isomorphic to the flow , on the quotient Γ\, where Γ is a subgroup of a real Lie group ⊂ Diffeo () with Lie algebra is the geodesic flow on the unit tangent bundle of the complex hyperbolic space ℂHm, m = ½ dim M.

This paper introduces a Riemannian invariant of a compact Riemannian manifold based on the spectral theory for the Jacobi field operator. It is the Floquet exponent for this operator, a purely dynamical quantity computable directly from the asymptotic behavior of Jacobi fields. We show that it is related to certain traces of the Green's function, and we derive further regularity and analyticity properties for the Green's function. In case the geodesic flow is ergodic, the Floquet exponent generalizes the measure entropy, and several entropy estimates follow. An asymptotic expansion of the Floquet exponent gives rise to a sequence of ‘Jacobi invariants’, which are related to the polynomial invariants of the K dV equation.

We prove two extensions of Sacksteder's Theorem for the action A: Γ × S1 → S1 of a finitely-generated group Γ on the circle by C1+α-diffeomorphisms. If the action A has an exceptional minimal set K with a gap endpoint of exponential orbit growth rate, or if the action A on K has positive topological entropy, then the exceptional set K is hyperbolic. That is, A has a linearly contracting fixed-point in K. A key point of the paper is to prove a foliation closing lemma using the foliation geodesic flow technique.

Let X be a two-dimensional orientable connected manifold without boundary, H: T*X → ℝ a smooth hamiltonian function denned on the cotangent bundle. We will assume that H is of a ‘classical type’ that is convex and even on each fibre Tx*X. The goal of this paper is to describe the set Γ of all singular points of the projection Θ|L where ι: L → T*X is a smooth embedded 2-torus invariant under the hamiltonian flow h1, Θ: T*X → X is the canonical projection.

We consider small random perturbations of matrix cocycles over Lipschitz homeomorphisms of compact metric spaces. Lyapunov exponents are shown to be stable provided that our perturbations satisfy certain regularity conditions. These results are applicable to dynamical systems, particularly to volume-preserving diffeomorphisms.

The introduction of results from harmonic analysis leads to new methods in the study of the ergodic properties of measures under the action of the direct sum of finite groups. We take the first steps in a systematic development of part of ergodic theory based on the formalism of the Riesz product construction.

We study the asymptotic behavior of iterates of rational functions with small perturbations. In presence of attractive cycles we show that almost surely, in the parameter space, the iterates converge to a given neighborhood of the attractive cycles. When there is no attractive cycle, we prove an ergodic theorem with respect to Lebesgue measure.

We consider g-measures for the shift on where S is a finite set. For a certain class of continuous g, two g-measures are identified; they are equal if and only if there is a unique g-measure. We prove that the natural extensions of these measures are Bernoulli. With a further restriction on g when S is a two-point set, we show that there is a unique g-measure. We also consider extensions of these results to the non-continuous case.