Continuity of the maps \(f\mapsto\bigcup_{x\in I}\omega(x,f)\) and \(f\mapsto\{\omega(x,f):x\in I\}\) (Q884199)

Summary: We study the behavior of two maps in an effort to better understand the stability of \(\omega\)-limit sets \(\omega(x,f)\) as we perturb either \(x\) or \(f\), or both. The first map is the set-valued function \(\Lambda\) taking \(f\) in \(C(I,I)\) to its collection of \(\omega\)-limit points \(\Lambda(f)=\bigcup_{x\in I}\omega(x,f)\), and the second is the map \(\Omega\) taking \(f\) in \(C(I,I)\) to its collection of \(\omega\)-limit sets \(\Omega(f)=\{\omega(x,f):x\in I\}\). We characterize those functions \(f\) in \(C(I,I)\) at which each of our maps \(\Lambda\) and \(\Omega\) is continuous, and then go on to show that both \(\Lambda\) and \(\Omega\) are continuous on a residual subset of \(C(I,I)\). We then investigate the relationship between the continuity of \(\Lambda\) and \(\Omega\) at some function \(f\) in \(C(I,I)\) with the chaotic nature of that function.