Properties of topologically transitive maps on the real line (Q1852465): Difference between revisions

Topologically transitive maps defined on intervals of the real line are studied. Let \(I\) be any interval of the real line \(\mathbb{R}\). \(f:I\to I\) is topologically transitive in \(I\) if for any nonempty open subsets \(U, W\) of \(I\) there is a positive integer \(n\) such that \(f^n (U) \cap W\) is nonempty. A point \(x\in I\) is critical point of \(f\) if in every neighborhood \(V\) of \(x\) there are \(y,z \in V\) such that \(f(y)=f(z)\). Let \(C\) be the set of all critical points of \(f\). It is shown that for any topologically transitive map on \(\mathbb{R}\) the sets \(C\) and \(f(C)\) are unbounded, there are at most three open and invariant sets of \(f\) and with a single possible exception for any \(x\in \mathbb{R}\) the backward orbit of \(x\) is dense in \(\mathbb{R}\).