Dynamics of random selfmaps of surfaces with boundary (Q379737)

The authors consider continuous selfmaps on compact surfaces with boundary trying to estimate the number of periodic points. The Nielsen number \(N(f)\) is a homotopy-invariant estimating the minimal number of fixed points in the homotopy class of \(f\). There are also invariants of Nielsen type for periodic point theory. These invariants are generally hard to compute, since one has to work on fundamental group endomorphisms. The authors use \textit{J. Wagner}'s algorithm [Trans. Am. Math. Soc. 351, No. 1, 41--62 (1999; Zbl 0910.55001)] working for maps satisfying the so-called `remnant condition'. This algorithm has been adapted also for periodic points by \textit{E. L. Hart} et al. [Fundam. Math. 200, No. 2, 101--132 (2008; Zbl 1158.55001)]. Here, the authors concentrate rather on estimations instead of exact computation of Nielsen numbers. The technical assumptions work for `almost all' selfmaps in a certain asymptotic sense.