Conley index for random dynamical systems (Q2482086)

Foundations of the theory of the random isolated invariant sets are established, mainly in the discrete-time setting. The notions of random isolating neighborhood, random isolated invariant set, random filtration pair, random isolating block, random quotient space, and random shift equivalence are defined. Following ideas of the paper [\textit{J. Franks} and \textit{D. Richeson}, Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 352, No. 7, 3305--3322 (2000; Zbl 0956.37010)], the random Conley index is introduced. It satisfies the Wazewski property and the continuation property in the random setting. There are two illustrative examples: the first one refers to the Lorenz system (but only for parameter values corresponding to global attractivity of the origin) and the other deals with random diffeomorphisms representing a kind of hyperbolic behavior.