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Mario Bessa

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arXiv2013

Fine properties of Lp-cocycles which allow abundance of simple and trivial spectrum

In this paper we generalize [3] and prove that the class of accessible and saddle-conservative cocycles (a wide class which includes cocycles evolving in GL(d,R), SL(d,R) and Sp(d,R) Lp-densely have a simple spectrum. We also generalize [3, 1] and prove that for an Lp-residual subset of accessible cocycles we have a one-point spectrum, by using a different approach of the one given in [3]. Finally, we show that the linear differential system versions of previous results also hold and give some applications.

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arXiv2012

Stable weakly shadowable volume-preserving systems are volume-hyperbolic

We prove that any C1-stably weakly shadowable volume-preserving diffeomorphism defined on a compact manifold displays a dominated splitting E + F. Moreover, both E and F are volume-hyperbolic. Finally, we prove the version of this result for divergence-free vector fields. As a consequence, in low dimensions, we obtain global hyperbolicity.

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arXiv2011

Non-Uniform hyperbolicity for infinite dimensional cocycles

Let H be an infinite dimensional separable Hilbert space, X a compact Hausdorff space and f : X \rightarrow X a homeomorphism which preserves a Borel ergodic measure which is positive on non-empty open sets. We prove that the non-uniformly Anosov cocycles are C0-dense in the family of partially hyperbolic f,H-skew products with non-trivial unstable bundles.

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arXiv2010

Dense area-preserving homeomorphisms have zero Lyapunov exponents

We give a new definition for a Lyapunov exponent (called new Lyapunov exponent) associated to a continuous map. Our first result states that these new exponents coincide with the usual Lyapunov exponents if the map is differentiable. Then, we apply this concept to prove that there exists a C0-dense subset of the set of the area-preserving homeomorphisms defined in a compact, connected and boundaryless surface such that any element inside this residual subset has zero new Lyapunov exponents for Lebesgue almost every point. Finally, we prove that the function that associates an area-preserving homeomorphism, equipped with the C0-topology, to the integral (with respect to area) of its top new Lyapunov exponent over the whole surface cannot be upper-semicontinuous.

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arXiv2010

Perturbations of Mathieu equations with parametric excitation of large period

We consider a linear differential system of Mathieu equations with periodic coefficients over periodic closed orbits and we prove that, arbitrarily close to this system, there is a linear differential system of Hamiltonian damped Mathieu equations with periodic coefficients over periodic closed orbits such that, all but a finite number of closed periodic coefficients, have unstable solutions. The perturbations will be peformed in the periodic coefficients.

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arXiv2010

Topological stability for conservative systems

We prove that the C1-interior of the set of all topologically stable C1-incompressible flows is contained in the set of Anosov incompressible flows. Moreover, we obtain an analogous result for the discrete-time case.

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arXiv2010

On the entropy of conservative flows

We obtain a $C^1$-generic subset of the incompressible flows in a closed three-dimensional manifold where Pesin's entropy formula holds thus establishing the continuous-time version of \cite{T}. Moreover, in any compact manifold of dimension larger or equal to three we obtain that the metric entropy function and the integrated upper Lyapunov exponent function are not continuous with respect to the $C^1$ Whitney topology. Finally, we establish the $C^2$-genericity of Pesin's entropy formula in the context of Hamiltonian four-dimensional flows.

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arXiv2009

Imperfect friezes of integers

We show that for any positive forward density subset N \subset Z, there exists an integer m>0, such that, for all n>m, N contains almost perfect n-scaled reproductions of any previously chosen finite set of integers.

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arXiv2009

On the Stability of the Set of Hyperbolic Closed Orbits of a Hamiltonian

A Hamiltonian level, say a pair $(H,e)$ of a Hamiltonian $H$ and an energy $e \in \mathbb{R}$, is said to be Anosov if there exists a connected component $\mathcal{E}_{H,e}$ of $H^{-1}({e})$ which is uniformly hyperbolic for the Hamiltonian flow $X_H^t$. The pair $(H,e)$ is said to be a Hamiltonian star system if there exists a connected component $\mathcal{E}^\star_{H,e}$ of the energy level $H^{-1}({e})$ such that all the closed orbits and all the critical points of $\mathcal{E}^\star_{H,e}$ are hyperbolic, and the same holds for a connected component of the energy level $\tilde{H}^{-1}({\tilde{e}})$, close to $\mathcal{E}^\star_{H,e}$, for any Hamiltonian $\tilde{H}$, in some $C^2$-neighbourhood of $H$, and $\tilde{e}$ in some neighbourhood of $e$. In this article we prove that for any four-dimensional Hamiltonian star level $(H,e)$ if the surface $\mathcal{E}^\star_{H,e}$ does not contain critical points, then $X_H^t|_{\mathcal{E}^\star_{H,e}}$ is Anosov; if $\mathcal{E}^\star_{H,e}$ has critical points, then there exists $\tilde{e}$, arbitrarily close to $e$, such that $X_H^t|_{\mathcal{E}^\star_{H,\tilde{e}}}$ is Anosov.

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arXiv2008

Contributions to the Geometric and Ergodic Theory of Conservative Flows

We prove the following dichotomy for vector fields in a C1-residual subset of volume-preserving flows: for Lebesgue almost every point all Lyapunov exponents equal to zero or its orbit has a dominated splitting. As a consequence if we have a vector field in this residual that cannot be C1-approximated by a vector field having elliptic periodic orbits, then, there exists a full measure set such that every orbit of this set admits a dominated splitting for the linear Poincare flow. Moreover, we prove that a volume-preserving and C1-stably ergodic flow can be C1-approximated by another volume-preserving flow which is non-uniformly hyperbolic.

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arXiv2008

Dominated splitting and zero volume for incompressible three-flows

We prove that there exists an open and dense subset of the incompressible 3-flows of class C^2 such that, if a flow in this set has a positive volume regular invariant subset with dominated splitting for the linear Poincaré flow, then it must be an Anosov flow. With this result we are able to extend the dichotomies of Bochi-Mañé and of Newhouse for flows with singularities. That is we obtain for a residual subset of the C^1 incompressible flows on 3-manifolds that: (i) either all Lyapunov exponents are zero or the flow is Anosov, and (ii) either the flow is Anosov or else the elliptic periodic points are dense in the manifold.

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arXiv2008

Hamiltonian elliptic dynamics on symplectic 4-manifolds

We consider C2 Hamiltonian functions on compact 4-dimensional symplectic manifolds to study elliptic dynamics of the Hamiltonian flow, namely the so-called Newhouse dichotomy. We show that for any open set U intersecting a far from Anosov regular energy surface, there is a nearby Hamiltonian having an elliptic closed orbit through U. Moreover, this implies that for far from Anosov regular energy surfaces of a C2-generic Hamiltonian the elliptic closed orbits are generic.

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arXiv2008

Generic dynamics of 4-dimensional C2 Hamiltonian systems

We study the dynamical behaviour of Hamiltonian flows defined on 4-dimensional compact symplectic manifolds. We find the existence of a C2-residual set of Hamiltonians for which every regular energy surface is either Anosov or it is in the closure of energy surfaces with zero Lyapunov exponents a.e. This is in the spirit of the Bochi-Mane dichotomy for area-preserving diffeomorphisms on compact surfaces and its continuous-time version for 3-dimensional volume-preserving flows.

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arXiv2007

On the spectrum of infinite dimensional random products of compact operators

We consider an infinite dimensional separable Hilbert space and its family of compact integrable cocycles over a dynamical system f. Assuming that f acts in a compact Hausdorff space X and preserves a Borel regular ergodic measure which is positive on non-empty open sets, we conclude that there is a residual subset of cocycles within which, for almost every x, either the Oseledets-Ruelle's decomposition along the orbit of x is dominated or has a trivial spectrum.

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arXiv2007

Abundance of elliptic dynamics on conservative 3-flows

We consider a compact 3-dimensional boundaryless Riemannian manifold M and the set of divergence-free (or zero divergence) vector fields without singularities, then we prove that this set has a C1-residual such that any vector field inside it is Anosov or else its elliptical orbits are dense in the manifold M.

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