Chain recurrent points and topological entropy of a tree map (Q1847629)

Let \(T\) be a tree (i.e. a one-dimensional compactly connected branch manifold without cycles) and \(f\in C^0(T)\) be a continuous tree map. In the paper, the notion of division for invariant closed subsets of a tree map is introduced. The main results are as follows. Theorem 1. If \(f\in C^0(T)\), then \(f\) has zero topological entropy if and only if for any \(x\in CR(f)-P(f)\) (\(CR(f)\) and \(P(f)\) are sets of chain recurrent and periodic orbits of \(f\), respectively) and each natural \(s\) the orbit of \(x\) under \(f^s\) has a division. Theorem 2. If \(f\in C^0(T)\) has zero topological entropy, then for any \(x\in CR(f)-P(f)\) the \(\omega\)-limit set of \(x\) is an infinite minimal set.