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The structure of piecewise monotonic transformations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Franz Hofbauer*
Affiliation:
From the Institut für Mathematik, Universität Wien, Austria
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Address for correspondence: Dr Franz Hofbauer, Institut für Mathematik, Universität Wien, Strudhofgasse 4, A-1090 Wien, Austria.
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Transformations on [0, 1] which are piecewise monotonic and piecewise continuous are considered. Using symbolic dynamics, the structure of their nonwandering set is determined. This is then used to prove results about maximal and absolutely continuous invariant measures.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1981

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