Torsion and linking number for a surface diffeomorphism

Dynamical systems involving homeomorphisms and diffeomorphisms of planes and surfaces (37E30) Rotation numbers and vectors (37E45) Variational problems in applications to the theory of geodesics (problems in one independent variable) (58E10)

Abstract: For a

m a t h c a l C^{1}

diffeomorphism

f : m a t h b b R^{2} i g h t a r r o w m a t h b b R^{2}

isotopic to the identity, we prove that for any value

l i n m a t h b b R

of the linking number at finite time of the orbits of two points there exists at least a point whose torsion at the same finite time equals

l i n m a t h b b R

. As an outcome, we give a much simpler proof of a theorem by Matsumoto and Nakayama concerning torsion of measure on

m a t h b b T^{2}

. In addition, in the framework of twist maps, we generalize a known result concerning the linking number of periodic points: indeed, we estimate such value for any couple of points for which the limit of the linking number exists.

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