Entropy conjecture for continuous maps of nilmanifolds

In 1974 Michael Shub asked the following question [29]: When is the topological entropy of a continuous mapping of a compact manifold into itself is estimated from below by the logarithm of the spectral radius of the linear mapping induced in the cohomologies with real coefficients? This estimate has been called the Entropy Conjecture (EC). In 1977 the second author and Micha? Misiurewicz proved [23] that EC holds for all continuous mappings of tori. Here we prove EC for all continuous mappings of compact nilmanifolds. Also generalizations for maps of some solvmanifolds and another proof via Lefschetz and Nielsen numbers, under the assumption the map is not homotopic to a fixed points free map, are provided.     

Homotopical theory of periodic points of periodic homeomorphisms on closed surfaces

In this work we show that the Wecken theorem for periodic points holds for periodic homeomorphisms on closed surfaces, which therefore completes the periodic point theory in such a special case. Using it we derive the set of homotopy minimal periods for such homeomorphisms. Moreover we show that the results hold for homotopically periodic self-maps of closed surfaces. This let us to re-formulate our results as a statement on properties of elements of finite order in the group of outer automorphisms of the fundamental group of a surface with non-positive Euler characteristic.     

A symmetry of sphere map implies its chaos*

A well-known example, given by Shub, shows that for any |d| ≥ 2 there is a self-map of the sphere Sⁿ, n ≥ 2, of degree d for which the set of non-wandering points consists of two points. It is natural to ask which additional assumptions guarantee an infinite number of periodic points of such a map. In this paper we show that if a continuous map f : Sⁿ → Sⁿ commutes with a free homeomorphism g : Sⁿ → Sⁿ of a finite order, then f has infinitely many minimal periods, and consequently infinitely many periodic points. In other words the assumption of the symmetry of f originates a kind of chaos. We also give an estimate of the number of periodic points. *Research supported by KBN grant nr 2 P03A 045 22.     

The Unstable Equivariant Fixed Point Index and the Equivariant Degree

A correspondence between the equivariant degree introduced byIze, Massabó, and Vignoli and an unstable version ofthe equivariant fixed point index defined by Prieto and Ulrichis shown. With the help of conormal maps and properties of theunstable index, a sum decomposition formula is proved for theindex and consequently also for the degree. As an application,equivariant homotopy groups are decomposed as direct sums ofsmaller groups of fixed orbit types, and a geometric interpretationof each summand is given in terms of conormal maps.     

Periodic segment implies infinitely many periodic solutions

In this note we show that the existence of a periodic segment for a non-autonomous ODE with periodic coefficients implies the existence of infinitely many periodic solutions inside this segment provided that a sequence of Lefschetz numbers of iterations of an associated map is not constant. In the case when this sequence is bounded we have to impose a geometric condition on the segment to get solutions by use of symbolic dynamics.

     

Essential Equivariant Maps and Borsuk-Ulam Theorems

A full characterization is given of those compact Lie groupsG with the property that every G-map XX on a finite-dimensionalG-complex X of finite orbit type, X^G = Ø, is (non-equivariantly)essential. For arbitrary G, conditions are given on the G-spaceX which guarantee this property. Finally, conditions are givenfor the non-existence of a G-map XY inducing a homotopy equivalenceX^GY^G on the fixed point sets. These results have applicationsto critical point theory of almost G-invariant functionals.