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Alejandro Kocsard

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arXiv2020

Periodic point free homeomorphisms and irrational rotation factors

We provide a complete characterization of periodic point free homeomorphisms of the $2$-torus admitting irrational circle rotations as topological factors. Given a homeomorphism of the $2$-torus without periodic points and exhibiting uniformly bounded rotational deviations with respect to a rational direction, we show that annularity and the geometry of its non-wandering set are the only possible obstructions for the existence of an irrational circle rotation as topological factor. Through a very precise study of the dynamics of the induced $ρ$-centralized skew-product, we extend and generalize considerably previous results of T. Jäger [Inventiones Mathematicae, 176 (2009), n. 3, 601-616].

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arXiv2020

On the dynamics of minimal homeomorphisms of $\mathbb{T}^2$ which are not pseudo-rotations

We prove that any minimal $2$-torus homeomorphism which is isotopic to the identity and whose rotation set is not just a point exhibits uniformly bounded rotational deviations on the perpendicular direction to the rotation set. As a consequence of this, we show that any such homeomorphism is topologically mixing and we prove Franks-Misiurewicz conjecture under the assumption of minimality.

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arXiv2019

The Burnside problem for $\text{Diff}_{\text{Vol}}(\mathbb{S}^2)$

Let $S$ be a closed surface and $\text{Diff}_{\text{Vol}}(S)$ be the group of volume preserving diffeomorphisms of $S$. A finitely generated group $G$ is periodic of bounded exponent if there exists $k \in \mathbb{N}$ such that every element of $G$ has order at most $k$. We show that every periodic group of bounded exponent $G \subset \text{Diff}_{\text{Vol}}(S)$ is a finite group.

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arXiv2018

Rotational deviations and invariant pseudo-foliations for periodic point free torus homeomorphisms

This article deals with directional rotational deviations for non-wandering periodic point free homeomorphisms of the 2-torus which are homotopic to the identity. We prove that under mild assumptions, such a homeomorphism exhibits uniformly bounded rotational deviations in some direction if and only it leaves invariant a pseudo-foliation, a notion which is a slight generalization of classical one-dimensional foliations. To get these results, we introduce a novel object called $\tildeρ$-centralized skew-product and their associated stable sets at infinity.

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arXiv2017

Livsic theorem for diffeomorphism cocycles

We prove the so called Liv\v{s}ic theorem for cocycles taking values in the group of $C^{1+\beta}-diffeomorphisms of any closed manifold of arbitrary dimension. Since no localization hypothesis is assumed, this result is completely global in the space of cocycles and thus extends the previous result of the second author and Potrie [KP16] to higher dimensions.

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arXiv2015

The geodesic flow on nilmanifolds

In this paper we study the geodesic flow on nilmanifolds equipped with a left-invariant metric. We write the underlying definitions and find general formulas for the Poisson involution. As an example we develop the Heisenberg Lie group equipped with its canonical metric. We prove that a family of first integrals giving the complete integrability can be read off at the Lie algebra of the isometry group. We also explain the complete integrability on compact quotients and for any invariant metric.

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arXiv2014

Livsic theorem for low-dimensional diffeomorphism cocycles

We prove a Livsic type theorem for cocycles taking values in groups of diffeomorphisms of low-dimensional manifolds. The results hold without any localization assumption and in very low regularity. We also obtain a general result (in any dimension) which gives necessary and sufficient conditions to be a coboundary.

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arXiv2013

Structural stability of the inverse limit of endomorphisms

We prove that every endomorphism which satisfies Axiom A and the strong transversality conditions is $C^1$-inverse limit structurally stable. These conditions were conjectured to be necessary and sufficient. This result is applied to the study of unfolding of some homoclinic tangencies. This also achieves a characterization of $C^1$-inverse limit structurally stable covering maps.

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arXiv2012

On manifolds supporting distributionally uniquely ergodic diffeomorphisms

A smooth diffeomorphism is said to be distributionally uniquely ergodic (DUE for short) when it is uniquely ergodic and its unique invariant probability measure is the only invariant distribution (up to multiplication by a constant). Ergodic translations on tori are classical examples of DUE diffeomorphisms. In this article we construct DUE diffeomorphisms supported on closed manifolds different from tori, providing some counterexamples to a conjecture proposed by Forni in [For08].

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arXiv2012

On cohomological $C^0$-(in)stability

After Katok, a homeomorphism $f\colon M\to M$ is said to be cohomologically $C^0$-stable when its space of real $C^0$-coboundaries is closed in $C^0(M)$. In this short note we completely classify cohomologically $C^0$-stable homeomorphisms, showing that periodic homeomorphisms are the only ones.

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arXiv2010

Cohomological equations and invariant distributions for minimal circle diffeomorphisms

Given any smooth circle diffeomorphism with irrational rotation number, we show that its invariant probability measure is the only invariant distribution (up to multiplication by a real constant). As a consequence of this, we show that the space of real smooth coboundaries of such a diffeomorphism is closed if and only if its rotation number is Diophantine.

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arXiv2009

A mixing-like property and inexistence of invariant foliations for minimal diffeomorphisms of the 2-torus

We consider diffeomorphisms in the $C^\infty$-closure of the conjugancy class of translations of the 2-torus. By a theorem of Fathi and Herman, a generic diffeomorphism in that space is minimal and uniquely ergodic. We define a new mixing-like property, which takes into account the "directions" of mixing, and we prove that generic elements of the space in question satisfy this property. As a consequence, we show that there is a residual set of strictly ergodic diffeomorphisms without invariant foliations of any kind. We also obtain an analytic version of these results.

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arXiv2007

Free curves and periodic points for torus homeomorphisms

We study the relationship between free curves and periodic points for torus homeomorphisms in the homotopy class of the identity. By free curve we mean a homotopically nontrivial simple closed curve that is disjoint from its image. We prove that every rational point in the rotation set is realized by a periodic point provided that there is no free curve and the rotation set has empty interior. This gives a topological version of a theorem of Franks. Using this result, and inspired by a theorem of Guillou, we prove a version of the Poincaré-Birkhoff Theorem for torus homeomorphisms: in the absence of free curves, either there is a fixed point or the rotation set has nonempty interior.

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arXiv2007

Toward the classification of cohomology-free vector fields

In 1984, Anatole Katok conjectured that the only closed orientable manifolds that support cohomology-free vector fields are tori and these vector fields are smoothly conjugated to Diophantine (constant) ones. In this work we present a proof of Katok conjecture for 3-manifolds.

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