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The Conley index theory: A brief introduction

Konstantin Mischaikow (1999)

Banach Center Publications

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A brief introduction to the Conley index theory is presented. The emphasis is the fundamental ideas of Conley's approach to dynamical systems and how it avoids some of the difficulties inherent in the study of nonlinear systems.

On foundations of the Conley index theory

Roman Srzednicki (1999)

Banach Center Publications

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The Conley index theory was introduced by Charles C. Conley (1933-1984) in [C1] and a major part of the foundations of the theory was developed in Ph. D. theses of his students, see for example [Ch, Ku, Mon]. The Conley index associates the homotopy type of some pointed space to an isolated invariant set of a flow, just as the fixed point index associates an integer number to an isolated set of fixed points of a continuous map. Examples of isolated invariant sets arise naturally in the...

Connection matrix pairs

David Richeson (1999)

Banach Center Publications

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We discuss the ideas of Morse decompositions and index filtrations for isolated invariant sets for both single-valued and multi-valued maps. We introduce the definition of connection matrix pairs and present the theorem of their existence. Connection matrix pair theory for multi-valued maps is used to show that connection matrix pairs obey the continuation property. We conclude by addressing applications to numerical analysis. This paper is primarily an overview of the papers [R1] and...

Connection matrix theory for discrete dynamical systems

Piotr Bartłomiejczyk, Zdzisław Dzedzej (1999)

Banach Center Publications

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In [C] and [F1] the connection matrix theory for Morse decomposition is developed in the case of continuous dynamical systems. Our purpose is to study the case of discrete time dynamical systems. The connection matrices are matrices between the homology indices of the sets in the Morse decomposition. They provide information about the structure of the Morse decomposition; in particular, they give an algebraic condition for the existence of connecting orbit set between different Morse...

Reconstructing the global dynamics of attractors via the Conley index

Christopher McCord (1999)

Banach Center Publications

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Given an unknown attractor 𝓐 in a continuous dynamical system, how can we discover the topology and dynamics of 𝓐? As a practical matter, how can we do so from only a finite amount of information? One way of doing so is to produce a semi-conjugacy from 𝓐 onto a model system 𝓜 whose topology and dynamics are known. The complexity of 𝓜 then provides a lower bound for the complexity of 𝓐. The Conley index can be used to construct a simplicial model and a surjective semi-conjugacy...

Connection matrices and transition matrices

Christopher McCord, James Reineck (1999)

Banach Center Publications

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This paper is an introduction to connection and transition matrices in the Conley index theory for flows. Basic definitions and simple examples are discussed.

Index filtrations and Morse decompositions for discrete dynamical systems

P. Bartłomiejczyk, Z. Dzedzej (1999)

Annales Polonici Mathematici

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On a Morse decomposition of an isolated invariant set of a homeomorphism (discrete dynamical system) there are partial orderings defined by the homeomorphism. These are called admissible orderings of the Morse decomposition. We prove the existence of index filtrations for admissible total orderings of a Morse decomposition and introduce the connection matrix in this case.