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Scrambled sets of continuous maps of 1-dimensional polyhedra

Author(s): Jiehua Mai
Journal: Trans. Amer. Math. Soc. 351 (1999), 353-362.
MSC (1991): Primary 58F13; Secondary 58F08, 54H20
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Abstract: Let $K$ be a 1-dimensional simplicial complex in $R^3$ without isolated vertexes, $X = |K|$ be the polyhedron of $K$ with the metric $d_K$ induced by $K$, and $f:X\rightarrow X$ be a continuous map. In this paper we prove that if $K$ is finite, then the interior of every scrambled set of $f$ in $X$ is empty. We also show that if $K$ is an infinite complex, then there exist continuous maps from $X$ to itself having scrambled sets with nonempty interiors, and if $X = R$ or $R_+$, then there exist $C^\infty$ maps of $X$ with the whole space $X$ being a scrambled set.


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Jiehua Mai
Affiliation: Institute of Mathematics, Shantou University, Shantou, Guangdong 515063, P. R. China
Email: jhmai@mailserv.stu.edu.cn

DOI: 10.1090/S0002-9947-99-02192-3
PII: S 0002-9947(99)02192-3
Keywords: Chaos, 1-dimensional polyhedron, scrambled set, totally chaotic map
Received by editor(s): January 30, 1997
Additional Notes: This work supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China
Copyright of article: Copyright 1999, American Mathematical Society


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