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On global linearization of planar involutions

Dynamical Systems 2011-05-26 v1

Abstract

Let ϕ:R2R2\phi:\R^2\to\R^2 be an orientation--preserving C1C^1 involution such that ϕ(0)=0\phi(0)=0 and let Spc(ϕ)={EigenvaluesofDϕ(p)pR2}{\rm Spc}\,(\phi)=\{{\rm Eigenvalues\,\,of}\,\, D\phi(p)\mid p\in\R^2\}. We prove that if Spc(ϕ)R{\rm Spc}\,{(\phi)}\subset\R or Spc(ϕ)[1,1+ϵ)={\rm Spc}\,(\phi)\cap [1,1+\epsilon)=\emptyset for some ϵ>0\epsilon>0 then ϕ\phi is globally C1C^1 conjugate to the linear involution Dϕ(0)D\phi(0) via the conjugacy h=(I+Dϕ(0)ϕ)/2h=(I+D\phi(0)\phi)/2, where I:R2R2I:\R^2\to\R^2 is the identity map. Similarly, if ϕ\phi is an orientation-reversing C1C^1 involution such that ϕ(0)=0\phi(0)=0 and Trace(Dϕ(0)Dϕ(p))>1{\rm Trace}\,\big(D\phi(0)D\phi(p)\big)>-1 for all pR2p\in\R^2 then ϕ\phi is globally C1C^1 conjugate to the linear involution Dϕ(0)D\phi(0) via the conjugacy hh. Finally, we show that hh may fail to be a global linearization of ϕ\phi if the above conditions are not fulfilled.

Cite

@article{arxiv.1105.4890,
  title  = {On global linearization of planar involutions},
  author = {Benito Pires and Marco Antonio Teixeira},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1105.4890},
  year   = {2011}
}
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