On the growth rate inequality for self-maps of the sphere

Abstract: Let

S^{m} = x_{0}^{2} + x_{1}^{2} + c d o t s + x_{m}^{2} = 1

and

P = x_{0} = x_{1} = 0 c a p S^{m}

. Suppose that

f

is a self--map of

S^{m}

such that

f^{- 1} (P) = P

and

| m a t h r m d e g (f_{| P}) | < | m a t h r m d e g (f) |

. Then, the number of fixed points of

f^{n}

grows at least exponentially with base

| d | > 1

, where

d = m a t h r m d e g (f) / m a t h r m d e g (f_{| P}) i n m a t h b b Z

.

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