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The multiple Birkhoff recurrence theorem states that for any $dinmathbb N$, every system $(X,T)$ has a multiply recurrent point $x$, i.e. $(x,x,ldots, x)$ is recurrent under $tau_d=:Ttimes T^2times ldots times T^d$. It is natural to ask if there always is a multiply minimal point, i.e. a point $x$ such that $(x,x,ldots,x)$ is $tau_d$-minimal. A negative answer is presented in this paper via studying the horocycle flows. However, it is shown that for any minimal system $(X,T)$ and any non-empty open set $U$, there is $xin U$ such that ${nin{mathbb Z}: T^nxin U, ldots, T^{dn}xin U}$ is piecewise syndetic; and that for a PI minimal system, any $M$-subsystem of $(X^d, tau_d)$ is minimal.
We investigate some connectedness properties of the set of points K(f) where the iterates of an entire function f are bounded. In particular, we describe a class of transcendental entire functions for which an analogue of the Branner-Hubbard conjecture holds and show that, for such functions, if K(f) is disconnected then it has uncountably many components. We give examples to show that K(f) can be totally disconnected, and we use quasiconformal surgery to construct a function for which K(f) has a component with empty interior that is not a singleton.
In this note a notion of generalized topological entropy for arbitrary subsets of the space of all sequences in a compact topological space is introduced. It is shown that for a continuous map on a compact space the generalized topological entropy of the set of all orbits of the map coincides with the classical topological entropy of the map. Some basic properties of this new notion of entropy are considered; among them are: the behavior of the entropy with respect to disjoint union, cartesian product, component restriction and dilation, shift mapping, and some continuity properties with respect to Vietoris topology. As an example, it is shown that any self-similar structure of a fractal given by a finite family of contractions gives rise to a notion of intrinsic topological entropy for subsets of the fractal. A generalized notion of Bowens entropy associated to any increasing sequence of compatible semimetrics on a topological space is introduced and some of its basic properties are considered. As a special case for $1leq pleqinfty$ the Bowen $p$-entropy of sets of sequences of any metric space is introduced. It is shown that the notions of generalized topological entropy and Bowen $infty$-entropy for compact metric spaces coincide.
Katznelsons Question is a long-standing open question concerning recurrence in topological dynamics with strong historical and mathematical ties to open problems in combinatorics and harmonic analysis. In this article, we give a positive answer to Katznelsons Question for certain towers of skew product extensions of equicontinuous systems, including systems of the form $(x,t) mapsto (x + alpha, t + h(x))$. We describe which frequencies must be controlled for in order to ensure recurrence in such systems, and we derive combinatorial corollaries concerning the difference sets of syndetic subsets of the natural numbers.
We define shadowable points for homeomorphism on metric spaces. In the compact case we will prove the following results: The set of shadowable points is invariant, possibly nonempty or noncompact. A homeomorphism has the pseudo-orbit tracing property if and only if every point is shadowable. The chain recurrent and nonwandering sets coincides when every chain recurrent point is shadowable. Minimal or distal homeomorphisms of compact connected metric spaces have no shadowable points. The space is totally disconnected at every shadowable point for distal homeomorphisms (and conversely for equicontinuous homeomorphisms). A distal homeomorphism has the pseudo-orbit tracing property if and only if the space is totally disconnected (this improves Theorem 4 in cite{mo}).
Let $f$ be a polynomial map of the Riemann sphere of degree at least two. We prove that if $f$ has a Siegel disk $G$ on which the rotation number satisfies a diophantine condition, then the boundary of $G$ contains a critical point.