\(C^1\)-generic sectional axiom A flows have only trivial symmetries (Q2335813): Difference between revisions

Let \(X\in \mathfrak{X}^1(M)\) be a \(C^1\) vector field on an \(n\)-dimensional manifold \(M\). A compact invariant set \(\Lambda\) is said to be (uniformly) hyperbolic if there exists a three way splitting \(T_{x}M = E^s_{x} \oplus \langle X(x) \rangle \oplus E^u_x\) of the tangent space over \(x \in \Lambda\) that is invariant under the flow \(X_t\), \(t\in \mathbb{R}\) generated by \(X\) such that \(DX_t|_{E^s_x}\) is uniformly contracting and \(DX_t|_{E^u_x}\) is uniformly expanding. This definition does not work if the vector field \(X\) has a singularity on \(\Lambda\), that is, \(X(\sigma) = 0\) for some \(\sigma \in \Lambda\). The notion of singular hyperbolicity for three-dimensional flows was introduced in [\textit{C. A. Morales} et al., Ann. Math. (2) 160, No. 2, 375--432 (2004; Zbl 1071.37022)], and its higher-dimensional version of sectional hyperbolicity in [\textit{R. Metzger} and \textit{C. Morales}, Ergodic Theory Dyn. Syst. 28, No. 5, 1587--1597 (2008; Zbl 1165.37010)]. The authors prove that \(C^1\)-generic Axiom A flows have trivial centralizer and that \(C^1\)-generic sectional Axiom A flows on a three-dimensional manifold have trivial centralizer. Similar results for diffeomorphisms have been obtained in [\textit{C. Bonatti} et al., J. Mod. Dyn. 2, No. 2, 359--373 (2008; Zbl 1149.37017); Publ. Math., Inst. Hautes Étud. Sci. 109, 185--244 (2009; Zbl 1177.37025)].