Results and open questions on some invariants measuring the dynamical complexity of a map

Jaume Llibre, Radu Saghin

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Abstract

Let f be a continuous map on a compact connected Riemannian manifold M. There are several ways to measure the dynamical complexity of f and we discuss some of them. This survey contains some results and open questions about relationships between the topological entropy of f, the volume growth of f, the rate of growth of periodic points of f, some invariants related to exterior powers of the derivative of f, and several invariants measuring the topological complexity of f: the degree (for the case when the manifold is orientable), the spectral radius of the map induced by f on the homology of M, the fundamental-group entropy, the asymptotic Lefschetz number and the asymptotic Nielsen number. In general these relations depend on the smoothness of f. Various examples are provided.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)307-327
Number of pages21
JournalFundamenta Mathematicae
Volume206
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Asymptotic Lefschetz number
  • Asymptotic Nielsen number
  • Degree
  • Fundamental-group entropy
  • Rate of growth of periodic points
  • Spectral radius
  • Topological entropy
  • Volume growth

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