An extension of the Artin-Mazur theorem (Q1970471)

Given a compact manifold \(M\), in 1965 Artin and Mazur showed that there is a dense set of endomorphisms on \(M\) for which the number of isolated periodic points grows at most exponentially with the period. Call a map with this property an Artin-Mazur map. The author extends the result by showing that the set of Artin-Mazur diffeomorphisms on \(M\) with only hyperbolic periodic points lies dense in the set of diffeomorphisms on \(M\). In the arguments, the manifold \(M\) is embedded into Euclidean space and a map \(F\) on a tubular neighborhood of \(M\) that extends \(f\) is approximated by a polynomial map, after which periodic points of polynomial maps are studied. By considering diffeomorphisms with persistent homoclinic tangencies, it is further shown that the set of Artin-Mazur diffeomorphisms is not residual.