On the set of wild points of attracting surfaces in R^3

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Abstract: Suppose that a closed surface SsubseteqmathbbR3 is an attractor, not necessarily global, for a discrete dynamical system. Assuming that its set of wild points W is totally disconnected, we prove that (up to an ambient homeomorphism) it has to be contained in a straight line. Using this result and a modification of the classical construction of a wild sphere due to Antoine we show that there exist uncountably many different 2--spheres in mathbbR3 none of which can be realized as an attractor for a homeomorphism.


Let \(S\subseteq \mathbb R^3\) be a closed surface that bounds a 3-manifold. The following main results are stated and proved. Theorem 1. Suppose that \(S\) is connected and contains a compact, totally disconnected set \(T\), such that i) \(S\) is locally flat at each \(p\notin T\) ii) \(T\) is not rectifiable. Then, \(S\) cannot act as an attractor for a homeomorphism of \(\mathbb R^3\). Theorem 2. Suppose that \(S\) is an attractor for a homeomorphism and its set of wild points \(W\) is totally disconnected. Then, \(W\) must be rectifiable. Further aspects occasioned by these developments are also discussed.











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