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Continuum-wise expansive diffeomorphisms
and conservative systems
Manseob Lee
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[email protected] Department of Mathematics, Mokwon University, Daejeon, 302-729, Korea
Abstract
We prove thatC1-generically, continuum-wise expansive diffeomorphisms satisfy both Axiom A and the no-cycle condition. Moreover, (i) if a volume-preserving diffeomorphism belongs to theC1-interior of the set of all continuum-wise expansive volume-preserving diffeomorphisms then it is Anosov, and (ii)C1-generically, every continuum-wise expansive volume-preserving diffeomorphism is transitive Anosov.
MSC: 37C20; 37D20
Keywords: Axiom A; expansive; continuum-wise expansive; Anosov; transitive; generic property
1 Introduction
LetDiff(M) be the space of diffeomorphisms of closedC∞-manifoldsMendowed with theC-topology, and letddenote the distance onMinduced from a Riemannian metric
· on the tangent bundleTM. In dynamical systems, expansivity is a useful notion to study of the stability. Roughly speaking, if two points stay near for future and past iterates, then they must be equal. We say thatf isexpansiveif there ise> such that for any pair of distinct pointsx,y∈M,d(fn(x),fn(y)) >efor somen∈Z. The numbere> is called an
expansive constantforf.
For a pointx∈M, we say thatxis anon-wandering pointif for any neighborhoodU ofx, there isn∈Zsuch thatfn(U)∩U=∅. Denote by(f) the set of all non-wandering
points off. It is clearP(f)⊂(f), whereP(f) is the set of the periodic points off, andP(f) is the closure ofP(f). We say thatf satisfiesAxiomA if(f) =P(f) is hyperbolic. We say thatf isquasi-Anosovif for anyv∈TM(v= ) the set{Dfn(v):n∈Z}is unbounded. It follows thatf satisfies Axiom A.
For expansivity, in [], Mañé showed that a diffeomorphism belongs to theC-interior of the set of all expansive diffeomorphisms if and only iff is quasi-Anosov.
In this paper, we study the notion of continuum-wise expansivity which was introduced by Kato in []. Letbe a closed set ofM. A setisnondegenerateif the setis not reduced to one point. We say that⊂Mis asubcontinuumif it is a compact connected nondegenerate subsetofM. A diffeomorphismf onMis said to becontinuum-wise ex-pansiveif there is a constante> such that for any nondegenerate subcontinuumAthere is an integern=n(A) such thatdiamfn(A)≥e, wherediamS=sup{d(x,y) :x,y∈S}for any subsetSofM. Such a constantαis called acontinuum-wise expansive constantforf. Note that every expansive homeomorphism is continuum-wise expansive diffeomorphism, but
its converse is not true (see [, Example .]). For diffeomorphisms, we introduce an ex-ample. It is well known thatSdoes not admit an expansive diffeomorphism, but it admits a continuum-wise expansive diffeomorphisms (see []).
2 Continuum-wise diffeomorphisms
LetMbe as before, and letf ∈Diff(M). Denote byE(M) andCWE(M) the set of all ex-pansive diffeomorphisms and the set of all continuum-wise exex-pansive diffeomorphisms, respectively. Sakai [] proved thatf ∈CWE(M) if and only if the diffeomorphism is quasi-Anosov. By Mañé’s result [], we know the following.
Theorem . The C-interior ofCWE(M)coincides with the C-interior ofE(M).
We say thatistransitive setif there is a pointx∈such thatωf(x) =, whereωf(x)
is theω-limit set ofx. Let⊂Mbe anf-invariant closed set. We say thatadmits a dominated splitting if the tangent bundleTMhas a continuousDf-invariant splitting E⊕Fand there exist constantsC> and <λ< such that
Dxfn|E(x)·Dxf–n|F(fn(x))≤Cλn
for allx∈andn≥. Recently, Lee [] showed that if a transitive setisC-stably continuum-wise expansive then it admits a dominated splitting.
A subsetR⊂Diff(M) is calledresidualif it contains a countable intersection of open and dense subsets ofDiff(M). A dynamic property is calledC-genericif it holds in a resid-ual subset ofDiff(M). We use the terminologyfor C-generic fto expressthere is a residual subsetR⊂Diff(M),and f ∈R.
Recently, in [], Arbieto proved that forC-genericf ∈Diff(M),f is expansive thenf is
-stable, that is, obeys Axiom A and the no-cycle condition. We stated the above fact.
Theorem . For C-generic f, if f is expansive then f satisfies both AxiomA and the
no-cycle condition.
In this spirit, we show thatC-generically, every continuum-wise expansive diffeomor-phism satisfies both Axiom A and the no-cycle condition. This is a generalization of the remarkable result in [].
Theorem A For C-generic f,if f is continuum-wise expansive then f satisfies both
Ax-iomAand the no-cycle condition.
3 Continuum-wise volume-preserving diffeomorphisms
LetMbe a closedC∞Riemannian manifold endowed with a volume formω. Letμdenote the Lebesgue measure associated toω, and letddenote the metric induced onMby the Riemannian structure. Denote byDiffμ(M) the set of diffeomorphisms which preserves the Lebesgue measureμendowed with the WhitneyC-topology. Note that in volume-preserving diffeomorphisms, the non-wandering set(f) =Mby recurrent theorem. We say thatishyperbolicif the tangent bundleTMhas aDf-invariant splittingEs⊕Eu and there exist constantsC> and <λ< such that
Dxfn|Es x≤Cλ
n and D xf–n|Eu
x≤Cλ
for allx∈andn≥. Moreover, if=Mthenfis Anosov. Note thatfis Anosov thenfis expansive, and so,fis continuum-wise expansive. In [], Bessaet al.proved that a volume-preserving diffeomorphism belongs to theC-interior of the set of all expansive volume-preserving diffeomorphisms if and only if it is Anosov. For the another conservative cases, that is, geodesic flow and a Hamiltonian system, Bessaet al. have shown in [] that if a Hamiltonian system belongs to theC-interior of the set of all expansive Hamiltonian systems then it is Anosov. And Ruggiero [] showed that if a geodesic flow belongs to the C-interior of the set of all expansive geodesic vector fields then it is Anosov.
LetCWEμ(M) be the set of all continuum-wise expansive volume-preserving diffeomor-phisms. In this paper, we study the continuum-wise expansive case, and iff belongs to the C-interior ofCWEμ(M), thenfis Anosov. LetintCWEμ(M) denote theC-interior of the set of all continuum-wise expansive volume preserving diffeomorphisms. In this paper, we prove the following theorem.
Theorem B The setANμ(M)of Anosov diffeomorphisms inDiffμ(M)coincides with the
C-interior of the set of continuum-wise expansive diffeomorphisms inDiffμ(M);that is,
ANμ(M) =intCWEμ(M).
In diffeomorphisms, Arbieto [] proved thatC-generically, iff is expansive thenf is
-stable. It is well known that for a-stable diffeomorphism, there is a diffeomorphism such that the diffeomorphism is not expansive. However, for volume-preserving diffeo-morphisms, the phenomenon cannot happen since(f) =M. IndimM= , forC-generic f, if aC-neighborhoodU(f) off, there isg∈U(f) such thatghas a periodic pointp
gwith
homoclinic tangencyqgthenf has a periodic pointpwith homoclinic tangencyq. In fact,
it is closely related to the conjecture of Smale (see []). Note that ifdimM= then it does not exist normally hyperbolic. In this paper, we considerdimM≥. Recently, Bessaet al. [] proved thatdimM≥, forC-genericf, iff ∈Diffμ(M) is expansive thenf is Anosov. For a Hamiltonian system, Lee [] showed thatC-generically, an expansive Hamiltonian system is Anosov. In this spirit, we study the continuum-wise expansiveness for generic view point. Then we have the following.
Theorem C For C-generic f,if f is continuum-wise expansive then it is transitive Anosov.
4 Proof of Theorem A
LetdimM≥ and letf ∈Diff(M). We prepare several lemmas to arrive at Theorem A. The Franks lemma [] will play an essential role in our proofs.
Lemma . LetU(f)be any given C-neighborhood of f.Then there existε> and a C
-neighborhood U(f)⊂U(f)of f such that for given g∈U(f),a finite set {x,x, . . . ,xN},
a neighborhood U of{x,x, . . . ,xN}and linear maps Li:TxiM→Tg(xi)M satisfyingLi–
Dxig ≤εfor all≤i≤N,there existsgˆ∈U(f)such thatgˆ(x) =g(x)if x∈ {x,x, . . . ,xN} ∪
(M\U)and Dxigˆ=Lifor all≤i≤N.
Letpbe a periodic point off, and let <δ< . We sayphas aδ-weak eigenvalueifDpfπ(p)
Lemma .[, Lemma .] There exists a residual setR⊂Diff(M)such that for any f ∈R,
() for anyδ> ,if for anyC-neighborhoodU(f),there isg∈U(f)which has a
hyperbolicpg∈P(g)with aδ-weak eigenvalue,thenf has a hyperbolic pointp∈P(f)
with aδ-weak eigenvalue;
() for anyδ> ,iff has a hyperbolic pointq∈P(f)with aδ-weak eigenvalue,thenf has a hyperbolic pointp∈P(f)with aδ-weak eigenvalue,whose eigenvalues are all real.
Remark . Iff has a normally hyperbolic, then by Hirshet al.[] and Mañé [], it is
C-robust, that is, for anyg C-close tof,g has a normally hyperbolic thenf also has a normally hyperbolic (see also []).
Lemma . There exists a residual set R ⊂ Diff(M) such that for f ∈ R if f is
continuum-wise expansive,then there existsδ> such that f has noδ-weak eigenvalue.
Proof LetR=R, and letf ∈Rbe continuum-wise expansive forf. Suppose, by con-tradiction, that for any δ> there is a periodic pointpoff such thatphas aδ-weak eigenvalue. Letε> , and letV(f)⊂U(f) be aC-neighborhood off which is given by Lemma . with respect toU(f). Then there existg∈U(f) and a non-hyperbolic periodic pointqofgsuch that an eigenvalueλofDqgπ(q)with|λ|= , andTqM=Ec(q)⊕Es(q)⊕
Eu(q), whereEσ(q),σ=c,s,u, areD
qgπ(q)-invariant subspaces corresponding to
eigenval-ues λofDqgπ(q)for|λ|= ,|λ|< , and|λ|> , respectively. LetW(f)⊂V(f) be theC
ε-ball off. SetC=supx∈M{Dxg}. For <ε<ε, we can obtain a linear automorphism
O:TqM→TqMsuch that
(i) O– id<ε
C,
(ii) OkeepsEσ invariant, whereσ=c,s,u,
(iii) all eigenvalues ofO◦Dqgπ(q), sayμj,j= , , . . . ,c, are roots of unity.
LetFbe the finite set{q,g(q), . . . ,gπ(q)–(q)}. Define
Lj=
Dgj(q)g, j= , , . . . ,π(q) – ,
O◦Dgπ(q)–(q)g, j=π(q) – .
Observe thatLπ(q)––Dgπ(q)–(q)g ≤ O– id · Dgk–(q)g<ε. ThusLj–Dgj(q)g<ε for allj= , , . . . ,π(p) – . By Lemma ., we can find a diffeomorphismg∈W(f) and
δ> such that (a) Bδ(g
i(q))∩B
δ(q) =∅,≤i=j≤π(q) – ,
(b) g=gonF∪(M–
π(q)–
j= Bδ(g
j(q))),
(c) g=expgj+(q)◦Lj◦exp–
gj(q)onBδ(gj(q)),≤j≤π(q) – .
Define
L=O◦Dqgπ(q)=
π(q)–
j= Lj,
whereBδ(p) denotes theδ-neighborhood ofp. Then by (iii) we can findm> such thatLm|
Ec(q)= id|Ec(q). Choose a smallδsatisfying
< δ<δsuch that
LmkTqM(δ)
whereTqM(δ) ={v∈TqM|v ≤δ}. Then by (c) we have
gπ(q)m=gmπ(q)=expq◦Gm◦exp–q onexpq(TqM(δ)).
We write
TqM(δ) =Ec(q,δ)⊕Es(q,δ)⊕Eu(q,δ), whereEσ(q,δ) =Eσ(q)∩T
qM(δ),σ=c,s,u. Thenexpq(Ec(q, δ)) is (gk)m-invariant. Since f ∈R, we assume that the eigenvalueλ∈R.
Putexpq(Ec(q, δ)) is an arcIqcentered atq. Observe that (gk)m= id onexpq(Ec(q, δ)).
By our construction, (gk)mis the identity on the arcIq. It is clear that the small arcIqis
normally hyperbolic for g. By Remark ., for anyg C-close tof, ifg has a normally hyperbolic thenf has a normally hyperbolic, that is, it isC-robust. Then we know thatf has a small arcJqwhich centered atqwithfπ(q)(Jq) =Jq. Note that iff is continuum-wise
expansive thenfk is continuum-wise expansive for anyk∈Z(see [, Proposition .]).
Denote byl(A) the length ofA. Takee= l(Jq). SinceJqisfπ(q)-invariant, for alln∈Z,
diamfn(Jq)
<e.
This is a contradiction.
We say thatf satisfiesstar conditionif there is aC-neighborhoodU(f) such that for anyg∈U(f), everyp∈P(g) is hyperbolic. We denote byF(M) the set of diffeomorphisms satisfying star condition.
Lemma . There is a residual setR⊂Diff(M)such that for any continuum-wise
ex-pansive map f ∈R,f ∈F(M).
Proof LetR=R, and letf ∈Rbe continuum-wise expansive. Proof by contradiction, we may assume thatf ∈/F(M). Then by Lemma ., there isg C-close tof andp
g∈P(g)
such that for anyδ> ,pghas aδ/-weak eigenvalue. By Lemma .,p∈P(f) has aδ-weak
eigenvalue. This is a contradiction by Lemma ..
Proof of TheoremA Letf ∈Rbe continuum-wise expansive. By Lemma .,f ∈F(M). Sincef ∈F(M), By Aoki [] and Hayashi [], we know thatf satisfies both Axiom A and
the no-cycle condition. Thus it is-stable.
5 Proof of Theorem B and Theorem C
LetMand letf ∈Diffμ(M) be as before. To prove our result, we use the Franks lemma, which is proved in [, Proposition .].
Lemma . Let f ∈Diffμ(M),andU be a C-neighborhood of f inDiff
μ(M).Then there exist a C-neighborhoodU
⊂U of f andε> such that if g∈U,any finite f -invariant set E={x, . . . ,xm}, any neighborhood U of E and any volume-preserving linear maps
Lj:TxjM→Tg(xj)M withLj–Dxjg ≤εfor all j= , . . . ,m,there is a conservative
We denote by Fμ(M) the set of diffeomorphisms f ∈ Diffμ(M) which have a C -neighborhoodU(f)⊂Diffμ(M) such that for anyg∈U(f), every periodic point ofg is hyperbolic.
Very recently, Arbieto and Catalan [] proved that every volume-preserving diffeomor-phism inFμ(M) is Anosov.
Theorem .[, Theorem .] Every diffeomorphism inFμ(M)is Anosov.
To prove Theorem B, it is enough to show that a continuum-wise expansive volume-preserving diffeomorphismf ∈Fμ(M).
Remark . Letf ∈Diffμ(M). From the Moser theorem (see []), we can find a smooth
conservative change of coordinatesϕx:U(x)→TxMsuch thatϕx(x) = , whereU(x) is a
small neighborhood ofx∈M.
Lemma . If f ∈intCWEμ(M),then f ∈Fμ(M).
Proof Takef ∈intCWEμ(M), and U(f) aC-neighborhood off. Let ε> and V(f)⊂
U(f) be corresponding number andC-neighborhood given by Lemma .. To derive a contradiction, suppose that there is a non-hyperbolic periodic point p∈P(g) for some g∈V(f). To simplify the notation in the proof, we may assume thatg(p) =p. Then there is at least one eigenvalue λofDpg such that|λ|= . By making use of Lemma ., we
linearize f at pwith respect to Moser’s theorem, that is, by choosingα> sufficiently small we constructgC-nearbygsuch that
g(x) =
ϕp–◦Dpg◦ϕp(x) ifx∈Bα(p), g(x) ifx∈/Bα(p).
Theng(p) =g(p) =p. ThusTpM=Ec⊕Eσ, whereEpcassociated toλ= andEσp associated
to eigenvalues less than one and greater than one. Takeη=α/. Then we defineEc(η)∩
ϕp(Bα(p)) =Ec(η).
Case.dimEc p= .
Sincepis non-hyperbolic forg, by our construction, we may assume that there isl> such thatDpgl(v) =vfor anyv∈Ecp(η)∩ϕp(Bα(p)). Takev∈Epc(η) such thatv=η/.
Then we can find a small arcIp=ϕp–({tv: ≤t≤η/})⊂Bα(p) such that
(i) gi
(Ip)∩gj(Ip) =∅if≤i=j≤l– ,
(ii) gl
(Ip) =Ip, that is,gl|Ipis the identity map,
(iii) Ipis normally hyperbolic.
For simplicity, we assume thatgl=g. Takee=η. Then for alln∈Z, diamgn(Ip)
<e.
This is a contradiction. Case.dimEc
p= .
In the proof of the second case, to avoid notational complexity, we consider the case g(p) =p. By Lemma ., there isα> andh∈U(f) such thath(p) =g(p) =pandh(x) =
ϕ–
isl> such thatDpgl(v) =vfor anyv∈Ecp(α) by Lemma .. We can choosev∈Ecp(α) such
thatv=α/ and we setDp=ϕp–({tv: ≤t≤α/})⊂Bα(p). Then the diskDp satisfies
the following conditions: (i) hi(Dph)∩h
j(D
ph) =∅if≤i=j≤l– ,
(ii) hl(D
ph) =Dph, that is,h
l|
Dph is the identity map,
(iii) Dpis normally hyperbolic.
As in the proof of thedimEcp= , we can derive a contradiction. Proof of TheoremB Suppose thatf ∈intCWEμ(M). By Lemma .,f ∈Fμ(M). Thus by
Theorem .,f is Anosov.
Proof of TheoremC The proof of Theorem C is parallel the proof of Theorem A. Indeed, to prove Theorem A we use previous results - Lemmas ., . and .. Then we have a volume-preserving diffeomorphismf ∈Fμ(M). Thusf is Anosov.
In diffeomorphisms, there is an open problem: are Anosov diffeomorphisms transi-tive? In [] Franks and [] Newhouse proved it for codimension one Anosov diffeo-morphisms. It was announced in Xia in a talk, Anosov diffeomorphisms are transitive, an invited talk of the Rocky Mountain Conference on Dynamical Systems, May -, , that every Anosov diffeomorphism is transitive. It has not been published yet. Nev-ertheless, in the volume-preserving diffeomorphism, an Anosov diffeomorphism has the non-wandering set equal to the whole manifoldMby the Poincaré theorem. By the shad-owing property of the hyperbolic sets the periodic points are dense inM. And by the Smale spectral decomposition theorem, we have a single piece equal toM, and so, we have transi-tivity. Thus, the Anosov volume-preserving diffeomorphism is transitive, which is a direct consequence of classic hyperbolic dynamics. But in volume-preserving diffeomorphisms Bonatti and Crovisier proved thatC-generically, a volume-preserving diffeomorphism is transitive.
Theorem .[, Theorem .] There is a residual setR⊂Diffμ(M)such that for any
f ∈R,f is transitive and M is a unique homoclinic class.
We say thatf istransitiveif there is a pointx∈Msuch thatω(x) =M, whereω(x) is the omega limit set.
Remark . In [, Theorem .], Newhouse showed thatC-generic volume-preserving
diffeomorphisms in surfaces are Anosov or else the elliptical points, nonreal eigenvalues conjugated and of norm one, are dense.
By [] and Theorem A, we have the following.
Corollary . There is a residual setG⊂Diffμ(M)such that for any f ∈G,the following
are equivalents: (a) f is expansive, (b) f is transitive Anosov. Moreover,ifdimM≥then
(d) f has the shadowing property, (e) f has the weak specification property.
Proof Letf ∈G=R∩Ris continuum-wise expansive. By Theorem A,f is Anosov. Sincef ∈R, by Lemma .,f is transitive. Thus iff is continuum-wise expansive, then f is transitive Anosov. By Bessaet al.[], f is expansive, thenf is Anosov, and so,f is transitive Anosov. IfdimM≥, then by Bessaet al.[] iff has the shadowing property andf has the weak specification property, thenf is Anosov and sincef ∈R, alsof is
transitive. Thusf is transitive Anosov.
Competing interests
The author declares to have no competing interests.
Acknowledgements
The author would like to thank the referee for his/her useful comments, detailed corrections and suggestions. This work is supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning (No. 2014R1A1A1A05002124).
Received: 9 May 2014 Accepted: 28 July 2014 Published:01 Oct 2014
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