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Positively expansive homeomorphisms of compact spaces

Dynamical Systems 2007-05-23 v1

Abstract

We give a new and elementary proof showing that a homeomorphism of a compact metric space is positively expansive if and only if the space is finite.

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@article{arxiv.math/0308294,
  title  = {Positively expansive homeomorphisms of compact spaces},
  author = {David Richeson and Jim Wiseman},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0308294},
  year   = {2007}
}

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5 pages

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