Clustering of periodic orbits of a hyperbolic automorphism on the torus T2

This paper deals with clustering of periodic orbits of the hyperbolic toral automorphism induced by matrix A. We prove that Ta satisfies the Axiom A. The clustering of periodic orbits of Ta is ivestigated via the notion of 'p-closeness' of periodic sequences of the respective symbolic dynamical system. We also provide the number of clusters of periodic sequences with given periods in the case of 2-closeness.

Geometric realization for substitution tilings

Given an n-dimensional substitution Φ whose associated linear expansion Λ is unimodular and hyperbolic, we use elements of the one-dimensional integer Čech cohomology of the tiling space ΩΦ to construct a finite-to-one semi-conjugacy G:ΩΦ→𝕋D, called a geometric realization, between the substitution induced dynamics and an invariant set of a hyperbolic toral automorphism. If Λ satisfies a Pisot family condition and the rank of the module of generalized return vectors equals the generalized degree of Λ, G is surjective and coincides with the map onto the maximal equicontinuous factor of the ℝn-action on ΩΦ. We are led to formulate a higher-dimensional generalization of the Pisot substitution conjecture: if Λ satisfies the Pisot family condition and the rank of the one-dimensional cohomology of ΩΦ equals the generalized degree of Λ, then the ℝn-action on ΩΦhas pure discrete spectrum.

Hölder continuous paths and hyperbolic toral automorphisms

Let f:Tn→Tn (n ≥ 3) be a hyperbolic toral automorphism. Let A be the set of α > 0 such that there is a Hölder continuous path of index α in Tn with 1-dimensional orbit-closure under f We prove that α0 = sup A can be expressed in terms of the eigenvalues of f and that α0 ∈ A if and only if α0 < 1.

The orbit of a Hölder continuous path under a hyperbolic toral automorphism

Let f:T3→T3 be a hyperbolic toral automorphism lifting to a linear automorphism with real eigenvalues. We prove that there is a Hölder continuous path in T3 whose orbit-closure is 1-dimensional. This strengthens results of Hancock and Przytycki concerning continuous paths, and contrasts with results of Franks and Mañé concerning rectifiable paths.