\(D^+\)-stable dynamical systems on 2-manifolds (Q1082664)

The paper is concerned with the global qualitative behavior of \(D^ +\)- stable (or characteristic \(0^ +)\) dynamical systems on 2-manifolds, in connection with the topological structure of the underlying phase spaces. It is proved that there are only seven 2-manifolds (compact or not) supporting \(D^ +\)-stable dynamical systems with at least one periodic orbit and a rather complete description of these systems is given. These manifolds are the Euclidean plane \({\mathbb{R}}^ 2\), the sphere \(S^ 2\), the cylinder \({\mathbb{R}}\times S^ 1\), the torus \(T^ 2\), the projective plane \({\mathbb{P}}^ 2\), the open Möbius strip \(M^ 2\) and the Klein bottle \(K^ 2\). From this it is deduced that \(S^ 2\), \({\mathbb{P}}^ 2\), \(T^ 2\) and \(K^ 2\) are the only compact 2-manifolds which can support (nontrivial) \(D^+\)-stable dynamical systems. On the contrary, every noncompact 2-manifold supports a (nontrivial) \(D^+\)-stable dynamical system without periodic orbits. Finally, using the previously obtained results it is proved that every (continuous) \(D^+\)-stable dynamical system on a 2-manifold is topologically equivalent to a smooth \(D^+\)-stable dynamical system.