Counterexamples to the Seifert conjecture (Q1126736)

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    Counterexamples to the Seifert conjecture (English)
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    6 August 1998
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    Summary: Since H. Seifert proved in 1950 the existence of a periodic orbit for a vector field on the 3-dimensional sphere \(S^3\) which forms small angles with the fibers of the Hopf fibration, several examples of aperiodic vector fields on \(S^3\) have been produced as well as results showing that in some situations a compact orbit must exist. This paper surveys presently known types of vector fields without periodic orbits on \(S^3\) and on other manifolds.
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    3-dimensional sphere \(S^3\)
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    Hopf fibration
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    aperiodic vector fields on \(S^3\)
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    periodic orbits
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    dynamical system
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    plug
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    minimal set
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    PL foliation
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