We prove that for every ϵ > 0 there exists a minimal diffeomorphism f: ² → ² of class $C^{3-ϵ}$ and semiconjugate to an ergodic translation with the following properties: zero entropy, sensitivity to initial conditions, and Li-Yorke chaos. These examples are obtained through the holonomy of the unstable foliation of Mañé’s example of a derived-from-Anosov diffeomorphism on ³.

We study II${}_1$ factors $M$ and $N$ associated with good generalized Bernoulli actions of groups having an infinite almost normal subgroup with the relative property (T). We prove the following rigidity result : every finite index $M$-$N$-bimodule (in particular, every isomorphism between $M$ and $N$) is described by a commensurability of the groups involved and a commensurability of their actions. The fusion algebra of finite index $M$-$M$-bimodules is identified with an extended Hecke fusion algebra, providing the...

We introduce the concept of an extreme relation for a topological flow as an analogue of the extreme measurable partition for a measure-preserving transformation considered by Rokhlin and Sinai, and we show that every topological flow has such a relation for any invariant measure. From this result, it follows, among other things, that any deterministic flow has zero topological entropy and any flow which is a K-system with respect to an invariant measure with full support is a topological K-flow....

We prove that for each integer $k\ge 2$ there is an open neighborhood ${𝒱}_k$ of the identity map of the 2-sphere $S^2$, in $C^1$ topology such that: if $G$ is a nilpotent subgroup of ${\mathrm{Diff}}^1\left(S^2\right)$ with length $k$ of nilpotency, generated by elements in ${𝒱}_k$, then the natural $G$-action on $S^2$ has nonempty fixed point set. Moreover, the $G$-action has at least two fixed points if the action has a finite nontrivial orbit.

We describe the extension of the multiplication on a not-necessarily-discrete topological monoid to its flow compactification. We offer two applications. The first is a nondiscrete version of Hindman’s Theorem, and the second is a characterization of the projective minimal and elementary flows in terms of idempotents of the flow compactification of the monoid.

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...

The purpose of this note is two-fold: firstly, to give a new and interesting result concerning separate and joint continuity, and secondly, to give a stream-lined (and self-contained) proof of the fact that "tame" CHART groups are topological groups.

We study problems concerning the Samuel compactification of the automorphism group of a countable first-order structure. A key motivating question is a problem of Furstenberg and a counter-conjecture by Pestov regarding the difference between $S\left(G\right)$, the Samuel compactification, and $E\left(M\right(G\left)\right)$, the enveloping semigroup of the universal minimal flow. We resolve Furstenberg’s problem for several automorphism groups and give a detailed study in the case of $G=S_{\infty }$, leading us to define and investigate several new types...

We consider the full group [φ] and topological full group [[φ]] of a Cantor minimal system (X,φ). We prove that the commutator subgroups D([φ]) and D([[φ]]) are simple and show that the groups D([φ]) and D([[φ]]) completely determine the class of orbit equivalence and flip conjugacy of φ, respectively. These results improve the classification found in [GPS]. As a corollary of the technique used, we establish the fact that φ can be written as a product of three involutions from [φ].

We study generalized recurrence for closed relations on locally compact spaces. This includes continuous maps and real flows. The main tools are Lyapunov functions and their compactifications. Under certain conditions it is shown that the Lyapunov functions determine the topology of the space.

The symbolic dynamical system associated with the Morse sequence is strictly ergodic. We describe some topological and metrical properties of the Cartesian powers of this system, and some of its other self-joinings. Among other things, we show that non generic points appear in the fourth power of the system, but not in lower powers. We exhibit various examples and counterexamples related to the property of weak disjointness of measure preserving dynamical systems.

We introduce a geometry on the cone of positive closed currents of bidegree $(p,p)$ and apply it to define the intersection of such currents. We also construct and study the Green currents and the equilibrium measure for horizontal-like mappings. The Green currents satisfy some extremality properties. The equilibrium measure is invariant, mixing and has maximal entropy. It is equal to the intersection of the Green currents associated to the horizontal-like map and to its inverse.

We study Markov shifts over countable (finite or countably infinite) alphabets, i.e. shifts generated by incidence matrices. In particular, we derive necessary and sufficient conditions for the existence of a Gibbs state for a certain class of infinite Markov shifts. We further establish a characterization of the existence, uniqueness and ergodicity of invariant Gibbs states for this class of shifts. Our results generalize the well-known results for finitely irreducible Markov shifts.

We consider groups of orientation-preserving real analytic diffeomorphisms of the circle which have a finite image under the rotation number function. We show that if such a group is nondiscrete with respect to the $C^1$-topology then it has a finite orbit. As a corollary, we show that if such a group has no finite orbit then each of its subgroups contains either a cyclic subgroup of finite index or a nonabelian free subgroup.

For an arbitrary topological group G any compact G-dynamical system (G,X) can be linearly G-represented as a weak*-compact subset of a dual Banach space V*. As was shown in [45] the Banach space V can be chosen to be reflexive iff the metric system (G,X) is weakly almost periodic (WAP). In the present paper we study the wider class of compact G-systems which can be linearly represented as a weak*-compact subset of a dual Banach space with the Radon-Nikodým property. We call such a system a Radon-Nikodým...

We investigate the question, due to S. Smale, of whether a hyperbolic automorphism T of the n-dimensional torus can have a compact invariant subset homeomorphic to a compact manifold of positive dimension, other than a finite union of subtori. In the simplest case such a manifold would be a closed surface. A result of Fathi says that T can sometimes have an invariant subset which is a finite-to-one image of a closed surface under a continuous map which is locally injective except possibly at a finite...

We show that a natural quotient of the projective Fraïssé limit of a family that consists of finite rooted trees is the Lelek fan. Using this construction, we study properties of the Lelek fan and of its homeomorphism group. We show that the Lelek fan is projectively universal and projectively ultrahomogeneous in the class of smooth fans. We further show that the homeomorphism group of the Lelek fan is totally disconnected, generated by every neighbourhood of the identity, has a dense conjugacy...