Global Theory of Dynamical Systems: Proceedings of an International Conference Held at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois, June 18-22, 1979 (Lecture Notes in Mathematics, 819)

Proceedings of an International Conference Held at Northwestern University, Evanston, illinoIs, June 18-22, 1979 Morse-smale fields of geodesics....Pages 1-17 Periodic points and topological entropy of one dimensional maps....Pages 18-34 Ergodicity of linked twist maps....Pages 35-49 Infinitesimal hyperbolicity implies hyperbolicity....Pages 50-64 A qualitative singular perturbation theorem....Pages 65-89 On a theorem of conley and smoller....Pages 90-95 Positively expansive maps of compact manifolds....Pages 96-110 An algorithm for finding closed orbits....Pages 111-120 Linked twist mappings are almost anosov....Pages 121-145 Symbolic dynamics, homology, and knots....Pages 146-157 Anomalous anosov flows....Pages 158-174 Efficiency vs. hyperbolicity on tori....Pages 175-189 Dynamical behavior of geodesic fields....Pages 190-215 The growth of topological entropy for one dimensional maps....Pages 216-223 Separatrices, non-isolated invariant sets and the seifert conjecture....Pages 224-245 Construction of invariant measures absolutely continuous with respect to dx for some maps of the interval....Pages 246-257 The estimation from above for the topological entropy of a diffeomorphism....Pages 258-264 Ergodicity in (G,σ)-extensions....Pages 265-290 A probabilistic version of bowen — Ruelle's volume lemma....Pages 291-299 Periodically forced relaxation oscillations....Pages 300-317 Moduli of stability for diffeomorphisms....Pages 318-339 Uncountably many distinct topologically hyperbolic equilibria in R 4 ....Pages 340-352 Dynamical properties of certain non-commutative skew-products....Pages 353-363 A note on explosive flows....Pages 364-374 Intertwining invariant manifolds and the lorenz attractor....Pages 375-378 Counting compatible boundary conditions....Pages 379-388 Stable manifolds for maps....Pages 389-392 Singular points of planar vector fields....Pages 393-409 Gradient vectorfields near degenerate singularities....Pages 410-417 Invariant curves near parabolic points and regions of stability....Pages 418-424 Motion under the influence of a strong constraining force....Pages 425-445 Conjugacies of topologically hyperbolic fixed points: A necessary condition on foliations....Pages 446-457 Coleman's conjecture on topological hyperbolicity....Pages 458-470 Population dynamics from game theory....Pages 471-497 Edited By Z. Nitecki And C. Robinson. Includes Bibliographies.