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Rotation sets are closed

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 October 2008

Ryuichi Ito
Affiliation:
University of Warwick

Extract

The rotation number ρ of an orientation preserving homeomorphism of a circle was originally defined by Poincaré It measures the asymptotic rotation of the orbit of each point under iterations of the homeomorphism (see, for example, (2)).

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge Philosophical Society 1981

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