Dynamics of shear homeomorphisms of tori and the Bestvina-Handel algorithm
type: Item
instance of: scholarly article
title: Dynamics of shear homeomorphisms of tori and the Bestvina-Handel algorithm
zbMATH Open document ID: 1326.37031
author: Tali Pinsky
author: Bronisław Wajnryb
published in: Topological Methods in Nonlinear Analysis
publication date: 2012-09-05T00:00:00Z
full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0704.1272
review text: A homeomorphism of a two-dimensional torus is called shear if it is isotopic to one Dehn twist. For a periodic orbit of a shear homeomorphism, the rotation number in \(\mathbb Q\cap [0,1)\) is associated. A special kind of periodic orbits, called simple, is considered. The notion of ``simple pair of two simple periodic orbits'' of a given shear homeomorphism is introduced. Denote by \(r\vee s\) the pair of the rotation numbers \(r\) and \(s\) of two simple periodic orbits which form a simple pair (actually, such \(r\) and \(s\) are Farey neighbors). The following order relation \(\geq\) in the set \(P:=\{r: r\in \mathbb Q\cap [0,1)\}\cup \{r\vee s: r,s\in \mathbb Q\cap [0,1)\}\) is introduced: \(r\vee s\geq t\) if and only if \(t\in [r,s]\) and \(r_1\vee r_2\geq s_1\vee s_2\) if and only if \(s_1,s_2\in [r_1,r_2]\). Resembling slightly the Sharkovskii theorem, the main result of the paper asserts that the existence of a simple pair of periodic orbits with the rotation numbers \(r\vee s\) implies the existence of all simple orbits and simple orbit pairs of rotation numbers smaller than \(r\vee s\) in the order \(\geq\) in \(P\). The proof is based on the Bestvina-Handel algorithm. The result contributes to an explanation of the phenomenom of `quantum accelerator modes' which appear in a physical system called the kicked accelerated particle.
reviewed by: Roman Srzednicki
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 37E30
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 37E40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 37E45
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 81V17
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 81V80
zbMATH DE Number: 6077281
zbMATH Keywords: torus
zbMATH Keywords: shear homeomorphism
zbMATH Keywords: Dehn twist
zbMATH Keywords: periodic orbit
zbMATH Keywords: Farey neighbors
zbMATH Keywords: Bestvina-Handel algorithm
MaRDI profile type: Publication
arXiv ID: 0704.1272
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