Coexistence of cycles of а continuous mapping of the line into itself

  • O. M. Sharkovsky Institute of Mathematics of NAS of Ukraine

Abstract

UDC 517.9

Our main result can be formulated as follows:   Consider the set of natural numbers in which the following relation is introduced: $n_1$ precedes $n_2$ $(n_1 \preceq n_2)$ if, for any continuous mappings of the real line into itself, the existence of а cycle of order $n_2$ follows from the existence of а cycle of order $n_1.$  The following theorem is true:

Theorem. The introduced relation transforms the set of natural numbers into an ordered set with  the following ordering: $$3 \prec 5 \prec 7 \prec 9 \prec 11 \prec\ldots \prec 3\cdot 2 \prec 5 \cdot 2 \prec \ldots \prec 3 \cdot 2^2 \prec 5 \cdot 2^2$$ $$\prec\ldots \prec 2^3 \prec 2^2 \prec 2 \prec 1.$$

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Published
02.02.2024
How to Cite
SharkovskyO. M. “Coexistence of Cycles of а Continuous Mapping of the Line into Itself”. Ukrains’kyi Matematychnyi Zhurnal, Vol. 76, no. 1, Feb. 2024, pp. 5 - 16, doi:10.3842/umzh.v76i1.8026.
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Research articles