Constant slope maps and the Vere-Jones classification

We study continuous countably piecewise monotone interval maps, and formulate conditions under which these are conjugate to maps of constant slope, particularly when this slope is given by the topological entropy of the map. We confine our investigation to the Markov case and phrase our conditions in the terminology of the Vere-Jones classification of infinite matrices.Comment: 33 page

Does a billiard orbit determine its (polygonal) table?

We introduce a new equivalence relation on the set of all polygonal billiards. We say that two billiards (or polygons) are order equivalent if each of the billiards has an orbit whose footpoints are dense in the boundary and the two sequences of footpoints of these orbits have the same combinatorial order. We study this equivalence relation with additional regularity conditions on the orbit

The topological entropy of Banach spaces

We investigate some properties of (universal) Banach spaces of real functions in the context of topological entropy. Among other things, we show that any subspace of $C([0,1])$ which is isometrically isomorphic to $\ell_1$ contains a functions with infinite topological entropy. Also, for any $t \in [0, \infty]$, we construct a (one-dimensional) Banach space in which any nonzero function has topological entropy equal to $t$.Comment: The paper is going to appear at Journal of Difference Equations and Application

Code & order in polygonal billiards

Two polygons $P,Q$ are code equivalent if there are billiard orbits $u,v$ which hit the same sequence of sides and such that the projections of the orbits are dense in the boundaries $\partial P, \partial Q$. Our main results show when code equivalent polygons have the same angles, resp. are similar, resp. affinely similar

Homotopical rigidity of polygonal billiards

Consider two $k$-gons $P$ and $Q$. We say that the billiard flows in $P$ and $Q$ are homotopically equivalent if the set of conjugacy classes in the fundamental group of $P$ which contain a periodic billiard orbit agrees with the analogous set for $Q$. We study this equivalence relationship and compare it to the equivalence relations, order equivalence and code equivalence, introduced in \cite{BT1,BT2}. In particular we show if $P$ is a rational polygon, and $Q$ is homotopically equivalent to $P$, then $P$ and $Q$ are similar, or affinely similar if all sides of $P$ are vertical and horizontal

Monotony of solutions of some difference and differential equations

AbstractIn this contribution motivated by some analysis of the first author concerning bounds of topological entropy it is shown that a well known sufficient condition for a difference and differential equation with constant real coefficients to possess strictly monotone solution appears to be also necessary. Transparent proofs of adequate generalizations to Banach space analogs are presented

A BESICOVITCH-MORSE FUNCTION PRESERVING THE LEBESGUE MEASURE

We continue the investigation of which non-dierentiable maps can occur in the framework of ergodic theory started in [2]. We construct a Besicovitch-Morse function map which preserves the Lebesgue measure. We also show that the set of Besicovitch functions is of rst category in the set of continuous functions which preserve the Lebesgue measure