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Monotone periodic orbits for torus homeomorphisms

Author(s): Kamlesh Parwani
Journal: Proc. Amer. Math. Soc. 133 (2005), 1677-1683.
MSC (2000): Primary 37E30, 54H20; Secondary 58F20, 57M60
Posted: December 21, 2004
MathSciNet review: 2120254
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Abstract: Let $f$ be a homeomorphism of the torus isotopic to the identity and suppose that there exists a periodic orbit with a non-zero rotation vector $(\frac{p}{q},\frac{r}{q})$. Then $f$ has a topologically monotone periodic orbit with the same rotation vector.


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Additional Information:

Kamlesh Parwani
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208
Email: forty2@math.northwestern.edu

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9939-04-07877-3
PII: S 0002-9939(04)07877-3
Keywords: Homeomorphisms, periodic orbits, rotation vectors
Received by editor(s): January 12, 2004
Posted: December 21, 2004
Communicated by: Michael Handel
Copyright of article: Copyright 2004, American Mathematical Society
The copyright for this article reverts to public domain after 28 years from publication.




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