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$(\omega, \alpha, n)$-sensitivity and limit sets of zero entropy homeomorphisms on the square

Dynamical Systems 2024-07-10 v1

Abstract

For a homeomorphism ff of a compact metric space XX and a positive integer n2n\geq 2, we introduce the notion of (ω,α,n)(\omega, \alpha, n)-sensitivity of ff, which describes such a kind of chaos: there is some c>0c>0 such that for any xXx\in X and any open neighborhood UU of xx, there are points {xi}i=1n\{x_i\}_{i=1}^n and {yi}i=1n\{y_i\}_{i=1}^n in UU such that both the collection of ω\omega-limit sets ω(xi,f)\omega(x_i, f) and that of the α\alpha-limit sets α(yi,f)\alpha(y_i, f) are pairwise cc-separated. Then we construct a class of homeomorphisms of the square [1,1]2[-1, 1]^2 which are (ω,α,n)(\omega, \alpha, n)-sensitive for any n2n\geq 2 and have zero topological entropies. To investigate further the complexity of zero entropy homeomorphisms by using limit sets, we analyze in depth the limit sets of square homeomorphisms by the boundary permeating technique. Specially, we prove that for any given set of points Y{yn1,yn2:nN}Y\equiv\{y_{n1}, y_{n2}:n\in\mathbb N\} in (1,1)2(-1, 1)^2 which satisfies some loosely technical conditions, and for any given family of pairwise disjoint countable dense subsets {Wn:nN}\{W_n:n\in\mathbb N\} of (1,1)2Y(-1, 1)^2-Y, there is a zero entropy homeomorphism ff on the square [1,1]2[-1, 1]^2 such that ω(x,f)={yn1}\omega(x, f)=\{y_{n1}\} and α(x,f)={yn2}\alpha(x, f)=\{y_{n2}\} for any nn and any xWnx\in W_n.

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@article{arxiv.2407.06890,
  title  = {$(\omega, \alpha, n)$-sensitivity and limit sets of zero entropy homeomorphisms on the square},
  author = {Jiehua Mai and Enhui Shi and Kesong Yan and Fanping Zeng},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2407.06890},
  year   = {2024}
}