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Shadowing, internal chain transitivity and $\alpha$-limit sets

Dynamical Systems 2020-03-11 v2

Abstract

Let f ⁣:XXf \colon X \to X be a continuous map on a compact metric space XX and let αf\alpha_f, ωf\omega_f and ICTfICT_f denote the set of α\alpha-limit sets, ω\omega-limit sets and nonempty closed internally chain transitive sets respectively. We show that if the map ff has shadowing then every element of ICTfICT_f can be approximated (to any prescribed accuracy) by both the α\alpha-limit set and the ω\omega-limit set of a full-trajectory. Furthermore, if ff is additionally c-expansive then every element of ICTfICT_f is equal to both the α\alpha-limit set and the ω\omega-limit set of a full-trajectory. In particular this means that shadowing guarantees that αf=ωf=ICT(f)\overline{\alpha_f}=\overline{\omega_f}=ICT(f) (where the closures are taken with respect to the Hausdorff topology on the space of compact sets), whilst the addition of c-expansivity entails αf=ωf=ICT(f)\alpha_f=\omega_f=ICT(f). We progress by introducing novel variants of shadowing which we use to characterise both maps for which αf=ICT(f)\overline{\alpha_f}=ICT(f) and maps for which αf=ICT(f)\alpha_f=ICT(f).

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Cite

@article{arxiv.1909.02881,
  title  = {Shadowing, internal chain transitivity and $\alpha$-limit sets},
  author = {Chris Good and Jonathan Meddaugh and Joel Mitchell},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1909.02881},
  year   = {2020}
}

Comments

20 pages, 3 figures

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