Weakly repelling fixed points and multiply-connected wandering domains of meromorphic functions

We consider the dynamics of a transcendental meromorphic function f(z) with only finitely many poles and prove that if / has only finitely many weakly repelling fixed points, then there is no multiply-connected wandering domain in its Fatou set.     

Least number of periodic points of self-maps of Lie groups

There are two algebraic lower bounds of the number of n-periodic points of a self-map f :M → M of a compact smooth manifold of dimension at least 3:N Fn(f) = min{#Fix(gn); g ～f; g is continuous} and N J Dn(f) = min{#Fix(gn); g ～ f; g is smooth}.In general,N J Dn(f) may be much greater than N Fn(f).If M is a torus,then the invariants are equal.We show that for a self-map of a nonabelian compact Lie group,with free fundamental group,the equality holds  all eigenvalues of a quotient cohomology homomorphism induced by f have moduli ≤ 1.     

Approximation of almost periodic functions by periodic ones

It is not the purpose of this paper to construct approximations but to establish a class of almost periodic functions which can be approximated, with an arbitrarily prescribed accuracy, by continuous periodic functions uniformly on =(+).     

The numbers of periodic orbits hidden at fixed points of 2-dimensional holomorphic mappings

Let △n be the ball |x| 1 in the complex vector space C n , let f :△n→ C n be a holomorphic mapping and let M be a positive integer. Assume that the origin 0 = (0, . . . , 0) is an isolated fixed point of both f and the M-th iteration f M of f. Then the (local) Dold index P M (f, 0) at the origin is well defined, which can be interpreted to be the number of virtual periodic points of period M of f hidden at the origin: any holomorphic mapping f 1 :△n→ C n sufficiently close to f has exactly P M (f, 0) distinct periodic points of period M near the origin, provided that all the fixed points of f M 1 near the origin are simple. Therefore, the number O M (f, 0) = P M (f, 0)/M can be understood to be the number of virtual periodic orbits of period M hidden at the fixed point. According to the works of Shub-Sullivan and Chow-Mallet-Paret-Yorke, a necessary condition so that there exists at least one virtual periodic orbit of period M hidden at the fixed point, i.e., O M (f, 0)≥1, is that the linear part of f at the origin has a periodic point of period M. It is proved by the author recently that the converse holds true. In this paper, we will study the condition for the linear part of f at 0 so that O M (f, 0)≥2. For a 2 × 2 matrix A that is arbitrarily given, the goal of this paper is to give a necessary and sufficient condition for A, such that O M (f, 0)≥2 for all holomorphic mappings f :△2 → C 2 such that f(0) = 0, Df(0) = A and that the origin 0 is an isolated fixed point of f M .     

Cremer fixed points and small cycles

Let , , and let denote the sequence of convergents to the regular continued fraction of . Let be a function holomorphic at the origin, with a power series of the form . We assume that for infinitely many we simultaneously have (i) , (ii) the coefficients stay outside two small disks, and (iii) the series is lacunary, with for . We then prove that has infinitely many periodic orbits in every neighborhood of the origin.

     

Determination of the limits for multivariate rational functions

The purpose of this paper is to solve the problem of determining the limits of multivariate rational functions.It is essential to decide whether or not limxˉ→0f g=0 for two non-zero polynomials f,g∈R[x1,...,xn]with f(0,...,0)=g(0,...,0)=0.For two such polynomials f and g,we establish two necessary and sufcient conditions for the rational functionf g to have its limit 0 at the origin.Based on these theoretic results,we present an algorithm for deciding whether or not lim(x1,...,xn)→(0,...,0)f g=0,where f,g∈R[x1,...,xn]are two non-zero polynomials.The design of our algorithm involves two existing algorithms:one for computing the rational univariate representations of a complete chain of polynomials,another for catching strictly critical points in a real algebraic variety.The two algorithms are based on the well-known Wu’s method.With the aid of the computer algebraic system Maple,our algorithm has been made into a general program.In the final section of this paper,several examples are given to illustrate the efectiveness of our algorithm.     

Existence of periodic points of endomorphisms of a circle

A theorem of Block and Franke is improved on the existence of periodic points for a map of a circle to itself and a proof which seems more understandable is given. Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 19531070).     

On quasi-periodicity properties of fractional integrals and fractional derivatives of periodic functions

This paper is devoted to the study of quasi-periodic properties of fractional order integrals and derivatives of periodic functions. Considering Riemann–Liouville and Caputo definitions, we discuss when the fractional derivative and when the fractional integral of a certain class of periodic functions satisfies particular properties. We study concepts close to the well known idea of periodic function, such as S-asymptotically periodic, asymptotically periodic or almost periodic function. Boundedness of fractional derivative and fractional integral of a periodic function is also studied.     

On the periodic points of functions on a manifold

In a conference on fixed point theory, B. Halpern of Indiana University considered the problem of reducing the number of periodic points of a map by homotopy. He also asked whether the number of periodic points of a function could be increased by a homotopy. In this paper, we will show that for any map on a closed manifold, an arbitrarily small perturbation can always create infinitely many periodic points of arbitrarily high periods.

     

On the distribution of integer points of rational curves

Let F(X,Y) be an absolutely irreducible polynomial in such that the algebraic curve C: F(X,Y) = 0 has infinitely many integer points. In this paper we obtain an explicit estimate on the distribution of integer points of C.     

Normal families and fixed points of iterates

Let F be a family of holomorphic functions and suppose that there exists ε 0 such that if f ∈ F, then |(f 2 ) (ξ)|≤4-ε for all fixed points ξ of the second iterate f 2 . We show that then F is normal. This is deduced from a result which says that if p is a polynomial of degree at least 2, then p 2 has a fixed point ξ such that |(p 2 ) (ξ)|≥4. The results are motivated by a problem posed by Yang Lo.     

二次周期系数微分方程的周期解

给出利用Schauder不动点定理求一类二次周期系数微分方程的周期解的一种方法,得到较好结果.     

Residue formulae, vector partition functions and lattice points in rational polytopes

We obtain residue formulae for certain functions of several variables. As an application, we obtain closed formulae for vector partition functions and for their continuous analogs. They imply an Euler-MacLaurin summation formula for vector partition functions, and for rational convex polytopes as well: we express the sum of values of a polynomial function at all lattice points of a rational convex polytope in terms of the variation of the integral of the function over the deformed polytope.

     

The regular points of simple functions

We extend the work of Ioffe and Lewis [A. Ioffe and A. Lewis, Critical points of simple functions, Optimization, 57 (2008), pp. 3–16] and relate it to the previous work of Morse [M. Morse, Topologically non-degenerate functions in a compact n-manifold, J. Anal. Math. 7 (1959), p. 243]. We show that the concept of regularity for piecewise linear functions can be explained in geometric topological terms and this explanation leads to a unified view of several concepts of regularity for such functions.     

Retracts, fixed point property and existence of periodic points

Let X be a metric space, f ∈ C⁰( X), andV ⊂X. The set-trajectory ( V, f( V), …,f ⁿ (V)) is investigated and some conditions for f to have periodic points with given periods are obtained.     

A hyperbolicity criterion for periodic solutions of functional-differential equations: The case of rational periods

We establish necessary and sufficient conditions for hyperbolicity of periodic solutions of nonlinear functional-differential equations.     

Decomposition of weighted pseudo-almost periodic functions

First, we show by constructing two counterexamples that the decomposition of weighted pseudo-almost periodic functions is not unique in general. Then we prove that the decomposition of such functions is unique if PAP₀(X,ρ) is translation invariant, but not necessarily unique without the assumption. Moreover, we give an example to show that the mean value under a certain weight ρ may not exist for all almost periodic functions. With these results, we answer some fundamental questions on weighted pseudo-almost periodic functions.     

Bifurcation of 2-periodic orbits from non-hyperbolic fixed points

We introduce the concept of 2-cyclicity for families of one-dimensional maps with a non-hyperbolic fixed point by analogy to the cyclicity for families of planar vector fields with a weak focus. This new concept is useful in order to study the number of 2-periodic orbits that can bifurcate from the fixed point. As an application we study the 2-cyclicity of some natural families of polynomial maps.