By a dynamical system $(X,T)$ we mean the action of the semigroup $({\mathbb{Z}}^{+},+)$ on a metrizable topological space $X$ induced by a continuous selfmap $T:X\to X$. Let $M\left(X\right)$ denote the set of all compatible metrics on the space $X$. Our main objective is to show that a selfmap $T$ of a compact space $X$ is a Banach contraction relative to some $d_1\in M\left(X\right)$ if and only if there exists some $d_2\in M\left(X\right)$ which, regarded as a $1$-cocycle of the system $(X,T)\times (X,T)$, is a coboundary.

In this paper, we discuss the properties of limit sets of subsets and attractors in a compact metric space. It is shown that the $\omega$-limit set $\omega \left(Y\right)$ of $Y$ is the limit point of the sequence ${\{\left(\mathrm{C}lY\right)·[i,\infty )\}}_{i=1}^{\infty }$ in $2^X$ and also a quasi-attractor is the limit point of attractors with respect to the Hausdorff metric. It is shown that if a component of an attractor is not an attractor, then it must be a real quasi-attractor.

For a class of one-dimensional holomorphic maps f of the Riemann sphere we prove that for a wide class of potentials φ the topological pressure is entirely determined by the values of φ on the repelling periodic points of f. This is a version of a classical result of Bowen for hyperbolic diffeomorphisms in the holomorphic non-uniformly hyperbolic setting.

It is well-known that the set of buried points of a Julia set of a rational function (also called the residual Julia set) is topologically “fat” in the sense that it is a dense $G_{\delta }$ if it is non-empty. We show that it is, in many cases, a full-measure subset of the Julia set with respect to conformal measure and the measure of maximal entropy. We also address Hausdorff dimension of buried points in the same cases, and discuss connectivity and topological dimension of the set of buried points. Finally,...