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Emergent order spectrum for transitive homeomorphisms

Dynamical Systems 2026-02-04 v2

Abstract

The Emergent Order Spectrum Ω(x,y)\Omega(x,y) is a topological invariant of dynamical systems providing order-types induced by the limit order of order-compatible nested εn\varepsilon_n-chains (with εn0\varepsilon_n\to 0) from xx to yy. In this paper, we investigate how rich these spectra can be under natural dynamical hypotheses. For a transitive homeomorphism ff of a compact metric space XX without isolated points and of cardinality c\mathfrak{c}, we show that the global spectrum Ωf(X2)\Omega_f(X^2) is universal at the countable scattered level: every countable scattered order-type together with the order-type of the rationals appears in Ωf(X2)\Omega_f(X^2). More precisely, there exists a comeagre subset MX2M\subseteq X^2 such that, for every (x,y)M(x,y)\in M, the individual spectrum Ωf(x,y)\Omega_f(x,y) already realizes all countably infinite scattered order-types; moreover, the order-type of the rationals belongs to Ωf(x,y)\Omega_f(x,y) for every pair (x,y)X2(x,y)\in X^2.

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@article{arxiv.2601.09325,
  title  = {Emergent order spectrum for transitive homeomorphisms},
  author = {Filippo Ciavattini and Marco Farotti and Camilla Lucamarini},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.09325},
  year   = {2026}
}
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