How many times can a function be iterated?

DOI10.1080/10236198.2011.639769MaRDI QIDQ4908688zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Massimo Gobbino, Robert Samuel Simon

Publication date 6 March 2013

Published in Journal of Difference Equations and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.3230

zbMATH Keywords

iterated functionstopologyviability theoryČech cohomology

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Topological dynamics (37B99) ?ech types (55N05)

Abstract: Let C be a closed subset of a topological space X, and let f : C --> X. Let us assume that f is continuous and f(x) lies in C for every x in the boundary of C. How many times can one iterate f? This paper provides estimates on the number of iterations and examples of their optimality. In particular we show how some topological properties of f, C, X are related to the maximal number of iterations, both in the case of functions and in the more general case of set-valued maps.

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