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Recurrent Surface Homeomorphisms

Dynamical Systems 2009-11-10 v3

Abstract

An orientation-preserving recurrent homeomorphism of the two-sphere which is not the identity is shown to admit exactly two fixed points. A recurrent homeomorphism of a compact surface with negative Euler characteristic is periodic.

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@article{arxiv.math/0303258,
  title  = {Recurrent Surface Homeomorphisms},
  author = {Boris Kolev and Marie-Christine Peroueme},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:math/0303258},
  year   = {2009}
}

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10 pages LaTeX; fixed some references