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Entropy and knots
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by John Franks and R. F. Williams PDF
Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 291 (1985), 241-253 Request permission

Abstract:

We show that a smooth flow on ${S^3}$ with positive topological entropy must possess periodic closed orbits in infinitely many different knot type equivalence classes.
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Additional Information
  • © Copyright 1985 American Mathematical Society
  • Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 291 (1985), 241-253
  • MSC: Primary 58F22; Secondary 58F11, 58F15
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/S0002-9947-1985-0797057-1
  • MathSciNet review: 797057