Transformations T:[0,1] → [0,1] with two monotonic pieces are considered. Under the assumption that T is topologically transitive and $h_{top}\left(T\right)>0$, it is proved that the invariant measures concentrated on periodic orbits are dense in the set of all invariant probability measures.

Given the plane triangle with vertices (0,0), (0,4) and (4,0) and the transformation F: (x,y) ↦ (x(4-x-y),xy) introduced by A. N. Sharkovskiĭ, we prove the existence of the following objects: a unique invariant curve of spiral type, a periodic trajectory of period 4 (given explicitly) and a periodic trajectory of period 5 (described approximately). Also, we give a decomposition of the triangle which helps to understand the global dynamics of this discrete system which is linked with the behavior...

We prove complex bounds for infinitely renormalizable real quadratic maps with essentially bounded combinatorics. This is the last missing ingredient in the problem of complex bounds for all infinitely renormalizable real quadratics. One of the corollaries is that the Julia set of any real quadratic map $z\mapsto z^2+c$, $c\in [-2,1/4]$, is locally connected.

We discuss main properties of the dynamics on minimal attraction centers (σ-limit sets) of single trajectories for continuous maps of a compact metric space into itself. We prove that each nowhere dense nonvoid closed set in ${ℝ}^n$, n ≥ 1, is a σ-limit set for some continuous map.

On appelle échange d’intervalles l’application qui consiste à réordonner les intervalles d’une partition de $[0,1[$ suivant une permutation donnée. Dans le cas des partitions en trois intervalles, nous donnons une caractérisation combinatoire des suites codant, d’après la partition définissant l’échange, l’orbite d’un point de $[0,1[$ sous l’action de cette transformation.

In this paper we address the following question due to Marcy Barge: For what f:I → I is it the case that the inverse limit of I with single bonding map f can be embedded in the plane so that the shift homeomorphism $\widehat{f}$ extends to a diffeomorphism ([BB, Problem 1.5], [BK, Problem 3])? This question could also be phrased as follows: Given a map f:I → I, find a diffeomorphism $F:{ℝ}^2\to {ℝ}^2$ so that F restricted to its full attracting set, ${\bigcap }_{k\ge 0}{F}^k\left({ℝ}^2\right)$, is topologically conjugate to $\widehat{f}:(I,f)\to (I,f)$. In this situation, we say that the inverse...

Let f be a continuous map of the circle $S^1$ or the interval I into itself, piecewise $C^1$, piecewise monotone with finitely many intervals of monotonicity and having positive entropy h. For any ε > 0 we prove the existence of at least $e^{(h-\epsilon )n_k}$ periodic points of period $n_k$ with large derivative along the period, $|{\left(f^{n_k}\right)}^{\text{'}}|>e^{(h-\epsilon )n_k}$ for some subsequence $n_k$ of natural numbers. For a strictly monotone map f without critical points we show the existence of at least $(1-\epsilon )e^{hn}$ such points.

Let ℳ be the set of pairs (T,g) such that T ⊂ ℝ is compact, g: T → T is continuous, g is minimal on T and has a piecewise monotone extension to convT. Two pairs (T,g),(S,f) from ℳ are equivalent if the map h: orb(minT,g) → orb(minS,f) defined for each m ∈ ℕ₀ by $h\left(g^m\left(minT\right)\right)=f^m\left(minS\right)$ is increasing on orb(minT,g). An equivalence class of this relation-a minimal (oriented) pattern A-is exhibited by a continuous interval map f:I → I if there is a set T ⊂ I such that (T,f|T) = (T,f) ∈ A. We define the forcing relation on...

Un système fini d’isométries partielles de $\mathbf{R}$ est dit à générateurs indépendants si les composés non triviaux fixent au plus un point. On décrit un procédé simple et naturel pour obtenir des générateurs indépendants, sans modifier les orbites, pour tout système sans composante minimale homogène : en prenant la restriction de chaque générateur à un certain sous-intervalle de son domaine. Un système avec une composante minimale homogène ne possède pas de générateurs indépendants.

We present a new technique for showing that inverse limit spaces of certain one-dimensional Markov maps are not homeomorphic. In particular, the inverse limit spaces for the three maps from the tent family having periodic kneading sequence of length five are not homeomorphic.

In this paper we provide a direct proof of hyperbolicity for a class of one-dimensional maps on the unit interval. The maps studied are degenerate forms of the standard quadratic map on the interval. These maps are important in understanding the Newhouse theory of infinitely many sinks due to homoclinic tangencies in two dimensions.