The periodic behavior of Morse-Smale diffeomorphisms on compact surfaces

Narasimhan, Carolyn C.

doi:10.1090/S0002-9947-1979-0521698-7

The periodic behavior of Morse-Smale diffeomorphisms on compact surfaces
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Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 248 (1979), 145-169 Request permission

Abstract:

Necessary and sufficient conditions are given for the existence of Morse-Smale diffeomorphisms homotopic to the identity with prescribed periodic characteristics on any compact 2-manifold.

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