JournalsaihpcVol. 38, No. 4pp. 1001–1030

Entropy theory for sectional hyperbolic flows

  • Maria José Pacifico

    Instituto de Matemática, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, C. P. 68.530, CEP 21.945-970, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

  • Fan Yang

    Department of Mathematics, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA

  • Jiagang Yang

    Department of Mathematics, Southern University of Science and Technology of China, Guangdong, China, Departamento de Geometria, Instituto de Matemática e Estatística, Universidade Federal Fluminense, Niterói, Brazil
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Abstract

We use entropy theory as a new tool to study sectional hyperbolic flows in any dimension. We show that for flows, every sectional hyperbolic set Λ is entropy expansive, and the topological entropy varies continuously with the flow. Furthermore, if Λ is Lyapunov stable, then it has positive entropy; in addition, if Λ is a chain recurrent class, then it contains a periodic orbit. As a corollary, we prove that for generic flows, every Lorenz-like class is an attractor.

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Maria José Pacifico, Fan Yang, Jiagang Yang, Entropy theory for sectional hyperbolic flows. Ann. Inst. H. Poincaré Anal. Non Linéaire 38 (2021), no. 4, pp. 1001–1030

DOI 10.1016/J.ANIHPC.2020.10.001