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There is no complete numerical invariant for smooth conjugacy of circle diffeomorphisms

Dynamical Systems 2022-09-07 v1

Abstract

Classical results by Poincar\'e and Denjoy show that two orientation-preserving C2C^2 diffeomorphisms of the circle are topologically conjugate if and only if they have the same rotation number. We show that there is no possibility of getting such a complete numerical Borel invariant for the conjugacy relation of orientation-preserving circle diffeomorphisms by homeomorphisms with higher degree of regularity. For instance, we consider conjugacy by H\"older homeomorphisms or by CkC^k-diffeomorphisms with kZ+{}k\in \mathbb{Z}^+ \cup \{\infty\}. The proof combines techniques from Descriptive Set Theory and a quantitative version of the Approximation by Conjugation method for circle diffeomorphisms.

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@article{arxiv.2209.02137,
  title  = {There is no complete numerical invariant for smooth conjugacy of circle diffeomorphisms},
  author = {Philipp Kunde},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2209.02137},
  year   = {2022}
}

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